26CornerBlitz Posted January 2, 2018 Author Posted January 2, 2018 2018 NFL playoff odds, picks: Bills shock Jagsby Sean Wagner-McGough - CBS Sports The Bills will face the Jaguars, who enter the playoffs on a two-game losing streak. The matchup should be billed as a celebration. It's the Bills' first playoff appearance since 1999 and the Jaguars' first playoff appearance since 2007. Bills at Jaguars (-7.5) Buffalo against the spread: 9-6-1 Buffalo against the spread as the underdog: 4-5 Jacksonville against the spread: 9-7 Jacksonville against the spread as the favorite: 6-5 My picks Bills (+7.5) There's no doubt the Jaguars have the superior team. Their defense is the best defense in the playoffs by a long shot. And yet, I can't pick them to cover against a mediocre Bills team. In the end, it comes down to the quarterbacks. The Bills have the better one. After a brief hot stretch to begin December, Blake Bortles has morphed back into Blake Bortles. In his past two games, he completed 56 percent of his passes, averaged 6.4 yards per attempt, threw two touchdowns and five interceptions, and posted a 58.6 passer rating. There's no reason to expect him to get hot again. He's still Blake Bortles and Blake Bortles is not a good NFL quarterback. He's a turnover machine. On the other hand, the Bills have a quarterback in Tyrod Taylor who seldom turns the ball over (10 interceptions in the past two seasons COMBINED). Expect a low-scoring game as both teams try to pound the ball. And keep an eye on the status of LeSean McCoy. If he can play and be close to 100 percent, I like the Bills to win. If he can't play, I still like the Bills to cover. The difference will be Bortles and his turnovers. Can you really take Bortles to cover a 7.5-point spread in a playoff game? I can't. 1
MDH Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Stank_Nasty said: Unreal. My wife and I got ours in section 244 at $165 a piece immediately after Dalton’s deliverance. Tickets available in the section right beside us now are going for $800+ at this time. Yeah, we didn't order tickets until a couple of hours later but still only paid $145 per ticket for a couple in the nosebleed 400s.
PromoTheRobot Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Slava Malamud @SlavaMalamud Dec 31 Think about this. The phrase "The Bills are in the playoffs" has never been tweeted, posted on Facebook, or uttered by an Uber driver. It has never been told over satellite radio. It has never been streamed. It has never been blogged or vlogged. It has been faxed, though.
ALF Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Is McCoy ok ? 11 carries for 10 yards http://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2018/01/lesean_mccoy_injury_sean_mcdermott_provides_update_on_buffalo_bills_rb.html Edited January 2, 2018 by ALF added a link
BillsBytheBay Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 12 minutes ago, ALF said: Is McCoy ok ? 11 carries for 10 yards He was carted off the field. So, no.
26CornerBlitz Posted January 2, 2018 Author Posted January 2, 2018 BILLS TODAY: MURPHY AND TOLBERT PICK UP SLACK Here's the Bills news of note for Jan. 2nd.
LeGOATski Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Oh...I thought it was already confirmed that we would play the Pats next...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, LeGOATski said: Oh...I thought it was already confirmed that we would play the Pats next... We do. That chart assumes a JAX win. They go to PIT, we go to NE. 1
LeGOATski Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, PromoTheRobot said: We do. That chart assumes a JAX win. They go to PIT, we go to NE. Ok, that makes sense
Jerry Christ Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, LeGOATski said: Oh...I thought it was already confirmed that we would play the Pats next... This. Highest seed always plays lowest seed.
26CornerBlitz Posted January 2, 2018 Author Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, LeGOATski said: Oh...I thought it was already confirmed that we would play the Pats next... It is. They show it this way with the assumption that the Jags will win with NE playing either the 4 or 5 seed. If the Bills win, they'd play in NE as the lowest remaining seed.
BillsFan130 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Wouldn’t the bills play the Pats if they win? I always thought it was lowest seed vs highest Edited January 2, 2018 by billsfan11
PromoTheRobot Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, billsfan11 said: Wouldn’t be the bills play the Pats if they win? I always thought it was lowest seed vs highest Only if a team's owner owns both an NFL and NHL team in the same city. 1
BillsFan130 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Only if a team's owner owns both an NFL and NHL team in the same city. Lol what?
PromoTheRobot Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Just now, billsfan11 said: Lol what? Old running joke.
BillsFan130 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Old running joke. Lol oh ok, sorry didn’t catch it
nucci Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Only if a team's owner owns both an NFL and NHL team in the same city. Thought that wasn't allowed
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