Logic

Thanks for this. I believe the Bills best chance at victory is to come out throwing, just as they have in recent weeks. The Titans secondary was already struggling, and now it will be down two key players. Build a big lead and force the Titans to have to throw to catch up. Defensively — key on Derrick Henry and Johnnu Smith. Sell out to stop the run and defend the middle of the field. Lastly, based on average pass-rush and rn-stop win rates, I see that the Titans are better at stopping the run than rushing the passer. In terms of pass rush win rate, they’re ranked about even with the Dolphins and not as good as the Rams — AND they’ll likely be without Jeffrey Simmons. Throw the ball a ton, key on Derrick Henry, and force Tannehill to prove that he’s not the same guy that theBills used to whoop on regularly.

I’m officially done kvetching about “fairness” or schedule changes. The season is being played during a pandemic. There are 210,000 dead and millions out of work. The fact that we have a season AT ALL is somewhat of a miracle. We’ve seen enough game action this year to know that Josh Allen is a franchise QB and our team should be very good for years to come. Everything else from here on out is a bonus in this wonky season, as far as I’m concerned. Far too much going on in the world to spend much time pearl-clutching over how many football games I get to see or what day of the week they get played on.

All the people complaining about still being at work when the game starts have clearly never tried to be an NFL fan on the west coast. Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football ALWAYS starts when people are either still at -- or are on their way home from -- work. Don't even get me started on London games.

Hopefully your league commish has put in contingency plans for this type of event. In my league, we announce by a specific deadline our "contingency players" at each position where a player's status due to COVID is in jeopardy. Then, if said player's game does end up getting cancelled, the contingency player's points get added into that spot instead.

I personally feel all the “motivation” stuff is overblown. Titans will be fired up, sure. But you think the Bills won’t ALSO be fired up to play a National night game against a team that has caused them disruption and uncertainty? Bills will be fine. Gonna be a tough game regardless.

THANK YOU!!! The conspiracy speculation about Tre White has been absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary this week.

It feels like a real coin flip to me. The Jaguars and Vikings both hung 30 points on the Titans, and the Bills have a better offense than both of them. Their defense is ranked 15th in points per game allowed. Middle of the pack. On the other hand, our defense is ranked even worse in points per game, and I'm not sure they'll be up to the task of stopping Derrick Henry. I'll say 30-29 Titans, with some sort of bogus call by the refs that infuriates Bills fans. Hope I'm wrong.

I feel like I can't accurately predict the score until I see what guys the Titans are likely to get back. A mostly healthy/cleared Titans roster has a much greater chance at defeating the Bills than one with the COVID guys still on the shelf. And is Tre White out for the game? That's also a big swing. I'll pick a score when I see what the Titans roster looks like, which should be tomorrow.

Agreed. Allen + Diggs = online domination.

4-0, Top five offense, best team In a quarter century...and we’re talking about the guard and WR that got away. Bills fans gonna Bills fan.

I don’t, or else I wouldn’t have asked.

Would you prefer that the Bills had picked him rather than Oliver?

Even if that’s the case, everything we know about the virus suggests there’s a good chance those guys aren’t at full strength, assuming they were symptomatic.

Dude got production out of John DiGiorgio. Don’t hate.

While most can agree Metcalf would have been a better pick than Ford, it’s important to note that Metcalf on the Bills likely means no trade for Diggs. Seeing how well Diggs is playing for the Bills, how much his presence improves the team overall, and that the Bills currently sit 4-0 and have a top 5 offense, I’m happy with the way things turned out.

I think that whatever psychological edge the Titans may have is mitigated by both the uncertainty/stress of the past two weeks (their friends/teammates contracting a potentially deadly virus), and the fact that the team hasn’t been able to practice at the facility in a normal fashion. Further, when it comes to mental and emotional preparation for a strange and uncommon situation, I’ll take the meticulously detailed, calm, and measured presence/approach of McDermott over meathead Vrabel any day.

Punish the Titans team by making them continue to play in Tennessee. Punish the Titans fans by making them continue to have to watch and root for the Titans.

The Steelers game was not cancelled, it was moved. Cancelling the Bills game would not be fair to the Bills, as they wouldn’t get paid for the game. Ditto forfeiture. Moving the game to weeks from now would also not be fair, as the Titans would definitely get all their sick players back by then, basically suffering no disadvantage for their negligence. We’re in a pandemic. We’re talking about what days FOOTBALL GAMES are being played. 1st world problems. It is what it is. Go Bills!

Brady not knowing what down it was to end the game is my favorite thing of the week.

I played a few games online today. Allen and the defense both seemed much better to me. The bump in short, medium, and deep accuracy to 81 has really boosted Allen's performance. Bills Pass D is now harder to move the ball against.

No, but I think it's too early in the season for Flex scheduling, isn't it? So unless they do an unprecedented Sunday Night Football switcheroo, I don't see how it could be in prime time?

The thing that sucks the most is losing the nationally televised Bills vs Chiefs Thursday nighter. Now it'll just happen at 1pm Sunday and get lost in the sea of games. The Titan's screw-up cost the Bills a primetime showcase. Boooooo!!!!!!

Woah. That's harsh. Not saying I disagree with it, but....wow.

This is a good read. I think y'all will enjoy it. Allen IS a spectacular anomaly, and he's ours! https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2020/10/8/21498755/josh-allen-buffalo-bills-breakout-season-qb-scouting It’s unfortunate that as sportswriters we aren’t allowed to change our opinions about athletes. If we were, I would say that Josh Allen has become a shockingly effective quarterback and one of the most fun players in the NFL. Sadly, I am locked in. Before Allen was drafted in 2018, I wrote that “he does not seem especially good at playing football,” and now my name is Rodger “He Does Not Seem Especially Good at Playing Football” Sherman. If Allen leads the Bills to the Super Bowl, I will be obligated to say he still sucks. I will be buried with this take...

I'm with you. I predict no change at all to Allen. Which is....just ridiculous. A guy who is a consensus MVP candidate, and they have him at 79, ranked lower than guys like Tannehill. Absurd.