Week 6: Chiefs at Bills (+5): Monday 5pm on Fox

[YoloinOhio]

46 minutes ago, HalftimeAdjustment said:

So, Josh said they definitely should not do the distance challenge the week of the Chiefs game. Seems Mahomes still wants to make this happen...

 

https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/12/patrick-mahomes-josh-allen-chiefs-bills-83-yards/

Ok Kermit 

[Motor26]

6 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Ok Kermit 

Yeah let’s have Josh throw his arm out...no thank you. Mahomes already got his Super Bowl and got paid, maybe after Josh wins a Super Bowl I’d be cool with it.

[Scott7975]

18 minutes ago, billsfan5121 said:

While it wouldn’t be an official competition, does anyone think each QB will air out at least one deep one? And I’m not talking 45 yards, but try to hit someone in stride 65 yards? That’s tough to do because you generally wouldn’t have time for that, but I can see each of them trying at least one really deep one 

 

Oh I think they will.  I just hope it doesnt mentally get to Josh that he has to always one up Mahomes.

[HalftimeAdjustment]

7 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Oh I think they will.  I just hope it doesnt mentally get to Josh that he has to always one up Mahomes.

 

If by one up, we mean win one more Super Bowl than Mahomes... sure!

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 hour ago, billsfan5121 said:

While it wouldn’t be an official competition, does anyone think each QB will air out at least one deep one? And I’m not talking 45 yards, but try to hit someone in stride 65 yards? That’s tough to do because you generally wouldn’t have time for that, but I can see each of them trying at least one really deep one 

 

If it's there, they should take it same as any week.  Or if the need is for a Hail Mary.

 

Otherwise, No Way.  Play football, take what the defense gives you and do not have that enter your thought process.

[machine gun kelly]

Just thinking glass half full here if you’re not living in WNY now, then it’s nice for our out of towners to get two weeks of national tv listed games with TN and now the Chiefs.  I expected the Chiefs game to most likely get the national feed, but now we get them both.

 

Anyway, if we win tomorrow, it will make for some very interesting conversation on talk radio etc. on this game.  Serious hype.  This week, I noticed a couple of good matchups besides the Bills/Chiefs.  The Steelers/Browns should be decent with A rivalry 4-0, vs. 3-1, amd the Bucs/Packers with 3-2 vs. 5-0.  It’s always fun seeing the iconic QB’s compete with each other.

[TheBrownBear]

10 hours ago, Chandemonium said:

I tend to think the reason good teams rarely lose 2 in a row is because good teams rarely lose, period. If football games were as simple as throwing dice each game would be a discrete outcome, with the probability of one completely unaffected by the previous outcome. With sports I don’t think you can completely discount the psychological effects of a loss on the players, and injuries that happen one game can have impacts that carry over to the next, but I still think the “good teams don’t lose 2 in a row” thing as a product of extra motivation or focus is overstated, if it exists. 

 

Well, the Chiefs started 4-0 last year before dropping their next two games.  Lets hope history repeats itself.

[Mango]

20 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

 

Well, the Chiefs started 4-0 last year before dropping their next two games.  Lets hope history repeats itself.

yes and no. They did win a SB last year....

[NewEra]

I’m really happy that Sammy isn’t playing 

[Doc Brown]

Surprised this is our first time playing against Mahomes.  Seems like every year we played the Chiefs before he got in there.

[Putin]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

I’m really happy that Sammy isn’t playing 

I’m just hoping to get through this Titans game with a W and have ALL of our guys healthy and ready to roll against the Chiefs !!! 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Putin

[MJS]

49 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Surprised this is our first time playing against Mahomes.  Seems like every year we played the Chiefs before he got in there.

Yeah, I remember that. It was getting weird how much we played them. Like another divisional game.

 

[Rick 'r Mortis]

Ah man, that's my birfday. We always out for a birfday dinner. How she doesn't mind me streaming the game on my phone.

[vanhalen26]

Did they ever explain why 5pm?  I’m happy we get to play, but they should at least share why.

[ALF]

8 minutes ago, vanhalen26 said:

Did they ever explain why 5pm?  I’m happy we get to play, but they should at least share why.

 

I would guess they don't want to disrupt prime time programs.

 

Plus Cardinals vs Cowboys @ 8:15 on ESPN

Edited October 13, 2020 by ALF

[YoloinOhio]

55 minutes ago, vanhalen26 said:

Did they ever explain why 5pm?  I’m happy we get to play, but they should at least share why.

The speculation is that last time the nfl did this, espn squawked about the first game overlapping their game. And they pay a ton of money for MNF rights.

[The Dean]

2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

The speculation is that last time the nfl did this, espn squawked about the first game overlapping their game. And they pay a ton of money for MNF rights.

 

Yes, that is basically the reason, IMO. The Networks pay serious money for their contracts. ESPN's lone NFL product is Monday Night Football. The pandemic has made everyone a bit more flexible (thankfully) and ESPN allowed MNF to schedule another game, on another network. The games were staggered, so they  overlapped. It undoubtedly hurt the ESPN ratings for the night.

 

OTOH, Fox (and the NFL Network) loses their Thursday night game, and the ratings associated with it. Moving that premiere matchup into the Sunday clutter doesn't  nearly compensate them for that, and the NFL Network is cut out completely.

 

I see Monday 5pm, as a compromise to the networks involved and the Bills who now get an extra day to prepare after being forced into a Tuesday night game.  It ain't perfect. But it makes sense.

[RiotAct]

10 hours ago, NewEra said:

I’m really happy that Sammy isn’t playing 

agree... you just know he’d have a huge game against us if he were playing.

 

(okay, probably the BBFS in me talking, but still)

[FlaFitz1]

I didn't want to look ahead but I couldn't help it. 

 

I peeked.

 

The last time the Bills started 5-0 was 1991 and they beat the Fins, Steelers, Jets, Bucs and Bears while averaging 32 points per game.

 

The current addition of the Bills is averaging 31 points per game.

 

The 1991 Bills lost in week 6 to drop to 5-1.  They lost on Monday night to the Kansas City Chiefs 33-6

 

Ironic the Bills, with a win tonight will be 5-0 just like that 1991 team and facing the Chiefs on a Monday night in week 6.

[Greg S]

5 minutes ago, FlaFitz1 said:

I didn't want to look ahead but I couldn't help it. 

 

I peeked.

 

The last time the Bills started 5-0 was 1991 and they beat the Fins, Steelers, Jets, Bucs and Bears while averaging 32 points per game.

 

The current addition of the Bills is averaging 31 points per game.

 

The 1991 Bills lost in week 6 to drop to 5-1.  They lost on Monday night to the Kansas City Chiefs 33-6

 

Ironic the Bills, with a win tonight will be 5-0 just like that 1991 team and facing the Chiefs on a Monday night in week 6.

 

If I remember correctly that KC game was at Arrowhead. At least we get them at home this time. Although homefield doesn't count for much these days.