Ed_Formerly_of_Roch
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1 hour ago, oldschoolfootball1963 said:
I don’t know what’s going on with Christian Bedford. It’s like a complete media blackout. Nobody knows what’s going on hundreds of thousands of Bill fans are waiting to hear if he’s gonna play and yet we get nothing from the bills repeat reporters I don’t get it and don’t understand it. The bottom line is we need the information so let’s get on the ball people.
Unless the NFL requires this information to be released, then we don't need the information and are not required to have it. We may like to know, but we don't need anything.
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1 hour ago, pennstate10 said:
A former coach on Sirius radio was saying that you need 9 "blue chip" players to win a SuperBowl. Didnt really define what blue chip was, but lets say Pro Bowl calibre. So one of the top 4 in the conference.
Who are the Bill 9?
Definite: Allen, Cook, Dawkins, Taron Johnson,
Probably: Shakir, Rouseau, Bernard, Benford,
Maybe: Spencer Brown, Oliver, Milano, Kincaid, Von
Thats 9, so I guess we can win this year.
THoughts?
Probably going light on the O-line. When you look at how well the Bills have run the ball and Allen is hardly ever sacked, could argue at least 4 of the 5 belong on list I'd move Benford and Groot up to definite line and would add Knox
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When someone with a total of 50 posts puts this up, that's a real red flag to begin with. If I were you I wouldn't be part of a community I'm ashamed of!
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Who remembers:
I got a feeling, Buffalo is going to the Super Bowl
Sing it!!
Or the 12 days of Christmas?? MikeMayerr kicking! That was back when the playoffs were held over the holiday season.
Found it
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1 hour ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:
The bills play aggressive until they don't need to
Once they get a lead they just consume clock
1 hour ago, Virgil said:I think the offensive gameplan against the Ravens is under a little too much scrutiny (not directed at OP) than it should be. The Ravens defense is arguably the best in the league and they blew up a lot of plays with great performances. How many times have you seen our WR screens and Shakir get tackled for losses in open field? I think a lot of our plays go for more yardage typically.
Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the defense.
Against the Chiefs, it should be a different ball game. The Chiefs almost feel like a division rival at this point, in that we know each other so well. The Chiefs passing game is way more effective and they rely on short passes, with the option of some trickery and deep shots. I think the Bills will play more of their "keep the ball in front of us and wait for mistakes" defense, while the offense will pry be similar to what we saw in the Broncos game.
I'm the most worried about Special Teams. This isn't a dig against Bass, as much as a compliment to how well the Chiefs special teams have been playing. They are blocking FG's at a higher than average rate.
Exactly! They had an early lead, also seeing many passes,(mostly by Ravens) being dropped due to cold, add to that going up against one of the best defenses and likely Henry scared the hell out of them. So once they got the lead went conservative, probably a little too much in hindsight. But no idea if had been more aggressive would have worked any better, and likely burnt less time off clock.
I don't think this means they will do that again this week, unless again they get a decent early lead. Also will depend on how run game is doing overall, does seem like last few weeks O-line is really hitting their peak so that may also factor in.
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1 hour ago, gonzo1105 said:
I fully expect all 3 to play. Milanos hamstring was described as soreness and Benford will magically clear. Interested most on Rapp
And probably of the 3, they can most afford to lose Rapp
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5 hours ago, BLeonard said:
Maybe stop setting expectations based on what "analysts" and "experts" say? How many times have they picked Miami and/or the Jets in recent years to win the East? This certainly isn't the first year the "analysts" and "experts" were comically wrong.
No one? Betcha the players would disagree.
I'll bet Dan Marino thought that too, when he lost his first (and only) Super Bowl. Nobody can predict the future. You can say "next season we'll be able to build an even better team" all you want, doesn't mean it'll happen.
I'm not "ignoring any possibility" of anything. I'm just not gonna sit here and say I'm content with this season at this point in time.
As far as "And telling yourself "if not now, WHEN?" doesn't make it happening in the future any more or less likely," that's true, but having more draft picks and salary cap money next year doesn't guarantee anything, either.
They may win this year, they may not. They may be better next year, they may not. Again, there's no way to tell if "this isn't going to be our last shot" or not. Hopefully, it isn't, but it could be.
The analysts and experts for the most part are giving unbiased opinions, unlike most fans here. Are they wrong as much as they are right, certainly. But many here either recognized based on the off season moves made this season that likely was going to be a downgrade to some level. Then you had the other half here who don't like McD and Beane and blasted them for the make up of the roster. And probably the same people who complained that it was a terrible roster, the next day posted that if they don't win the SB, they should be fired. They covered themselves both ways!
If you asked the players on any team they will tend to be of the mind set that yes, they will win the SB every year, but probably deep down some may have wondered how well they really will do and I'm sure the front office back in the off season gave a credible assessment to TP based on moves made. Very likely that included, we've made moves for the long term, we may take a step back, if things go well, we may not miss anything and could if some of the moves work out better than we hope, may exceed expectations.
At this point, things have gone much better than most everyone here anticipated so expectations or hope a better word hope are now much higher. When only two wins away from SB champs, makes it easier to feel that way. If they lose one of the next two I will be disappointed but not going to condemn anyone.
To win it all no matter how good or bad the coaching and players are, involves a certain amount of luck, good matchups, avoiding injuries at bad times, getting the right calls from refs, etc. Will they ever get this close again, agree, we don't know and while I do think there's a good chance the team could be better next year, nothing is promised.
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11 hours ago, Big Turk said:
Well it looks like Brady may NOT be getting a HC job after all...
Projected hires:
Cowboys - Kellen Moore
Raiders - Todd Monken
Jaguars - Liam Coen
Saints - Mike McCarthy
Jets - Aaron Glenn
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-coaching-candidates-predicting-where-182252859.html
Lions losing last week helps keep Brady as teams don't want to wait to hire someone. If the Bills win Sunday, Brady is almost assured to stay.
On a related subject what happened this year compared to others for all the love for Spags? He was always the hot hire name prior, this year nothing. Did he maybe announce he didn't want a HC job and I missed that?
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23 hours ago, Process said:
Im happy as well. But let's be clear, they were projected to finish 3rd in the division by clowns on TV. No Bills fan should have expected that.
The team is where it should be. Anything short of a trip to the Superbowl is a failed season.
The difference is the "clowns" on TV for the most part are giving unbiased opinions. Bills fans are looking at it through rose colored glasses and remember the word "fan" is short for fanatic. Lets face it all of us who take the time an energy to post on message boards are fanatics, nothing less. My wife always questions why I'm on TBD in March, the season is over as she says. Whenever anyone in the media bashes the Bills, he's a jerk, the ones that talk good about the team are the smart ones according to many around here.
Anything short of a trip to the Superbowl is a
faileddisappointing season.But I get it too, many here have agenda's and have stated McD must go so calling it a failed season is fuel for their argument.
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On 1/28/2024 at 10:14 PM, section122 said:
If you want McD gone you have to think that Harbaugh needs to go too right?
After all no hc qb combo has won a sb after 5 years together.
After all he is 1-2 as the 1 seed since 2019.
After all he is 2-4 in the postseason since 2018.
After all he has only made it to 1 afc championship with one of the most electric qbs in the game.
After all he has a 2 time mvp qb and has only won 1 division title in the last 4 years.
After all he has lost to a washed up philip rivers and ryan tannehil in the playoffs!
After all he has a 1-3 playoff record at home since 2018.
So if you wamt McD gone for underperforming and losing to the chiefs 3 of 4 years certainly you think Harbaugh is trash and needs to go to right?
The Bills and McD have outperformed them over the last 6 years and the Ravens have the benefit of the mvp and 3 first team all pros this year vs the Bills single 2nd team all pro yet still lost to the same team at home as the Bills did.
Or does a super bowl 11 years ago followed by a single afc title game appearance this year carry that much water?
Recent history and performance clearly favors McD so I am very interested to hear opinions of Harbaugh and whether he should keep his job or be fired.
The line forms behind Tomlin if you ask me. Heard Taylor and McDaniel's were asking for directions to the line
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So where is this video that the Bills watched, it's 2025, somewhere somebody must have a copy??
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12 minutes ago, TD716 said:
Last touchdown we did not have our number one defensive line out there 3 out of 4 were backups , Epinesa was the lone starter. No pressure at all, looked comical. Also, in cold weather you need to keep you best players muscles warm, best way to do that is to keep them in the game. Staff needs to rethink DL rotation in cold weather or at least have numerous warmup bikes on the sideline. Space heaters keep skin warm not sure if they keep deep muscles warm.
You should contact the Bills, I'm sure they have no idea about this.
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When they brought him in, wasn't Coleman hurt? And maybe also Kinkaid?? Samuel also seemed to be struggling more from an injury early on? So now Coleman is back, has a full year of working in the system. Hollins is the best blocker so he's not coming off the field very often, same with Shakir not coming off as he's the most reliable WR. Samuel also seems to be doing better these days. So factoring in all this just not snaps left for Cooper unless someone gets dinged up and add to that he is the new less experienced guy left.
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9 minutes ago, Avisan said:
Re-sign this absolute maniac ASAP.
Agree they should bring him back, but he was close again to taking a penalty tonight, he needs to calm down a bit.
Overall, hope he comes back on like a 2 year deal.
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That's what's funny, the Bills were the underdog at home, most of the country was picking the Ravens, add to that most everyone talked about this being a bad matchup for Bills, and Ravens were best team in AFC.
But yet if the Bills lost, McD needs to go!
(And yes being underdog just reflects how people bet, but people wouldn't bet that way if they didn't think Ravens were going to win)
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39 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
But yet he's also the least experienced WR we have in this offense and having reps with Josh Allen.
Samuel appears to be healthy and have moved past him on the depth chart. Cooper also has a lot of the same skillet as Coleman .
Add to that as much as we've been running the ball in game so f late, Hollins is the best blocking WR so he's definitely on the field. Also factor in we go with 6 PL often or today saw Gilliam out there a fair amount plus at least one TE on the field. Probably don't want to sit Shakir
So if you got 6 OL, plus Allen, Cook, TE, Hollins only one spot left. Even without 6 OL only two spots left and 4 guys competing for them, Knox, Samuel, Coleman and Cooper. And Cooper has least playing time with Allen and as someone said maybe he's getting old?? Coleman is now been with Allen for 5 months so he's likely getting more comfortable with eachother too.
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Has anyone seen the point spread for next week? I'll guess KC by 3
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1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Miller with an amazing scoop and return.
10 years ago, it may have been a TD
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1 minute ago, Saint Doug said:
He definitely not a sore loser. Had a huge smile on when he embraced Josh at the end of the game. Good for him.
I noticed that too, I'll give him credit. Not a knock on Josh, but if Bills had lost, doubt he'd been smiling like that
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2 minutes ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:
With 2 minutes left he was trying to pitch it but the defender wrapped him up. I can't believe it! Still love you Josh!
Nate Burleson is this you?? LOL
For those not watching on TV Burleson just talked about the same thing
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2 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:
Baltimore got what they deserved. They got greedy & wanted to tie the game with too much time on the clock. If they had kicked the extra point to get within 1, they would not have had to go for 2 after the last TD & could have sent the game into overtime. Too many teams go for 2 too early in the game.
I've seen that happen many times where they go too early. This time not so sure??
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32 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:
Ben Johnson called a brutal game. He was calling trick plays at critical moments - one went for a pick. It was brutal to watch. Detroit looked bad. Played bad. Coaches were at a loss. Not sure what the heck happened. Redskins came to PLAY!!!! Outmatched them.
One theory out there is that Goff was concussed or hurt bad on that brutal no call hit.
Yeah I was thinking/wondering the same thing.
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3 minutes ago, WMDman said:
call ups were WR Virgil and OL Clapp
no RBs called up
So Clapp is likely incase Anderson can't go or maybe they already know he isn't playing. Did read on Friday McD said he thought he'd play??
Where are you watching the game today?
in The Stadium Wall
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Home, Wilmington NC
Watch some post game shows, maybe post here, and go to bed