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Blitzing Burrow at a high rate will be a mistake. A timely blitz can be effective. Not sure if that's what you mean. Its imperative that the Bills pressure Burrow with their front four. They have to take advantage of the injury riddled Bengal Oline. If they don't it will be very hard to stop Burrow's passes to his very good pass catchers.

Very well stated!

Mixon and Perine aren't terrible runners at all. Both are pretty good pass catchers too. I think their lack of run success is due to their crappy oline. Also, the Bengals just prefer to pass west coast style offense. I don't think they will get too cute running the ball unless the Bills can't effectively stop it.

I think a lot of that was due to Thompson holding on to the ball too long. I believed he average 3.21 seconds per throw which is way too long by NFL standards. I'm not implying the defense didn't play well. I know the stats look pretty good. However, I expected a more dominant Dline performance vs Miami. Maybe my expectations were too high. Burrow will get the ball out much much more quickly. I believe the Bengal offense presents some very difficult match ups and challenges for the Bills defense in spite of their Oline issues.

Bring Roman aboard!

Flawed logic here. The Bengals aren't the Bills. Plus, the Bengals have vast experience playing with a poor oline. Sure it's not an ideal or great situation. The Bengals went to the Super Bowl with a terrible Oline. Lastly, the Bills just played a Miami team that had practice squad players on their Oline. The Dolphins oline might be worse than the Bengals current Oline. The Bills Dline was somewhat disappointing vs Miami. They have to play better be Cinci.

What really strikes me as funny is how much live Daboll is getting. I can clearly remember year after year people here criticizing Daball. Going as far as saying he should be fired. The criticism wasn't a one off either. Fast forward to Daboll's success as a head coach. Now Daboll is some sort of legend in Buffalo.

I already took the 4.5 points and Cinci. That's just way too many points in a game like this.

I just can't see the Bills getting routed. Very unlikely and I'd be shocked.

I agree. I appreciate the people who try to knock down my paranoid thinking.

I get what you are saying especially the last paragraph. However, if you look at my multiple posts I am predicting a Bills win by a field goal. I have stated that I think I the Bills offense will score a lot vs the Bengals defense.

Nice post.

Their oline injuries do help the Bills. Can't dispute that. However, they went to the Super Bowl last year with a terrible oline. Food for thought there. Can and will the Bills Dline take advantage of this? Not really sure why you feel way more confident in the Bills secondary now? Tre still looks vulnerable, Elam is a rookie, and Fraizer's zone scheme seems to be a recipe for Burrow to pick apart. Can you explain why you feel more confident? I prefer Allen over Burrow because of Allen's physical talent. However, there is no clear advantage here for the Bills. At times, Allen has been reckless with the ball causing terrible turnovers. Just look at the Miami game. He failed to recognize the Miami blitz; which led to missing the hot read; which led to the fumble. Boom 6 points for Miami. Two interceptions as well that just can't happen. Whose fault is was is debatable. Allen has to not turnover the ball! I am hoping the Bills coaching staff have a solid game plan. Something different than what we saw in Cinci. The home field advantage is a nice edge for the Bills. Obviously, better than going to Cinci. However, you do realize what the Bengals did in last year's Super Bowl run. They know how to win on the road. I see no reason why the Bengals won't be marching into Orchard Park thinking they won't win the game. Their confidence has to be very high and it should be. I'm sure the Bills players are echoing the same sentiment.

I agree. I think this game will have to be won by the Bills offense. I think they will need to put up 35 plus points to win. If the Bills commit 2 turnovers or more it's unlikely they will win the game.

"The only team that can beat us is us." To be fair, don't you think KC and Cinci can say the same thing? If you go back to last year's Cinci team their Oline was terrible. They still went to the Super Bowl. Correct me if I'm wrong. Another concern is the Bills pass rush. They are inconsistent, young, and to be honest not elite. The Bills just faced a vulnerable Miami Oline with mixed results. Burrow is no Skylar Thomspson.

But in those few plays what did the Bengals do? You just can't discount those plays. They were moving diwn the field with ease. In fact, their offense was in rhythm in sync and doing whatever it wanted to do. The Bills D looked like they had few answers to stop them. Of course, no one knows how the game woukd have ended. Early on though the Bills D was leaking badly. What will they do to stop the leaks? Can they stop the leaks?

There is a concern here as a Bills fan and your point backs it up. The Bengals are very opportunistic with creating turnovers. What has this Bills offense done too often this year? More specifically, in the playoffs vs Miami. Answer is turnover the ball! Not trying to be negative here but it certainly is a concern. Additionally, the Bengals red zone efficiency is excellent and near the top in the league. Their 3rd efficiency is close to Buffalo's percentage too. Not sure why you are trying to sell the Bengals short. Last year they went to the Super Bowl with a horrible Oline. That should tell you something. In short, this game to likely comes down to a FG make in the waining seconds of the game. I think it's Bass and the Bills that win. This team just knows how to win the close games.

I agree with this. However, to set the record straight the Bengals had the ball a second time and were gashing the Bills defense for what looked like another score. Imho, only question is would it have been a TD or a FG. The Bills have to have a different strategy defensively going into this game. What that is I don't know. I know it shouldn't be Tre matched up one on one with Chase. Correct the Bills looked good on offense with a balance of run and pass. I think the Bengals will have an equally difficult time stopping the Bills. Allen has to play better than he did vs Miami. I'm confident he will. If he doesn't the team has shown a great ability to win games still. That is encouraging.

You are taking what I said out of context. We got a small sample of what the Bengals can do. They Bills for whatever it's worth were having major difficulty stopping the Bengals. Can we agree on that?

I agree. At this point don't we kind of know what we have upfront? A bunch of middling linemen who are inconsistent and unreliable. It's pretty scary if we are relaying on AJ, Shaq, Rousseau, Oliver, Boogie, and Jones. There was a reason why the Bills spent a boatload of money signing Von. For the record, where is the guy? He's basically disappeared as far as I can see. I thought he was the leader and role model for the younger guys on D. I hope he is overrated and gets outcoached by Dorsey.

Didn't want to bring it up but I won my Miami plus 9.5 points bet. Thank you everyone I'm very much leaning to taking the Bengals +4.5 points. Too many points. I see this as a FG game.

Defense Coordinator Lou Anarumo will change up his defenses. He will make wht he feels are the right adjustments. He's probably one of the best in game adjusters in the game. The real question is their defense talented enough to cobtain the Bills O. This game is a very tough test for the Bills defense. The Bengals have a lot of weapons. The Bills secondary simply cannot match up with their pass catchers. We saw that already. Elam will likely aget tourched by Chase and Higgins. Be careful what you ask for. The key will be the Bills front vs the weakened injuried Bengals Oline. The Bills need to pressure, disrupt, and confuse Burrow. No easy task. If they don't Burrow will shred the Bills secondary. You can bet on that.

If Dak plays like this the Cowboys can beat the 49ers. Seattle was in the game for quite awhile. Dak looks like an MVP quarterback tonight.

I think it's time to bench him.

Can Brady throw a ball more than 15 yards?