Game Week: Week 15 Carolina Panthers at Bills thread

[Process]

2 hours ago, Boatdrinks said:

Yes. If the Bills got the W yesterday we would be rooting for the Colts as we’d have a good shot at the AFCE 

What? The reason we are rooting for the Colts is because we lost.

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, Process said:

What? The reason we are rooting for the Colts is because we lost.

Some are wondering whether to root for the Pats to support our WC position as we lost yesterday.

[Process]

6 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

Some are wondering whether to root for the Pats to support our WC position as we lost yesterday.

They should be banned immediately

[jkeerie]

If the Bills win this weekend and the Colts beat the Pats, if we beat the Pats in NE and win our last two, we take the division.  Root against the Pats.

[Boatdrinks]

17 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

If the Bills win this weekend and the Colts beat the Pats, if we beat the Pats in NE and win our last two, we take the division.  Root against the Pats.

Depends on your confidence in winning @NE. I had figured on a home and home split with the Pats this year. After yesterday’s game , I don’t think I’d want to put all the Bills chances into the NE basket. I can see a close game with a questionable call or non call being a huge factor. I’d prefer the Bills to have another pathway into the postseason. 

[LABILLBACKER]

4 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Depends on your confidence in winning @NE. I had figured on a home and home split with the Pats this year. After yesterday’s game , I don’t think I’d want to put all the Bills chances into the NE basket. I can see a close game with a questionable call or non call being a huge factor. I’d prefer the Bills to have another pathway into the postseason. 

....and I'm sure the refs will be super generous to us in Foxboro.....😜

[jkeerie]

10 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Depends on your confidence in winning @NE. I had figured on a home and home split with the Pats this year. After yesterday’s game , I don’t think I’d want to put all the Bills chances into the NE basket. I can see a close game with a questionable call or non call being a huge factor. I’d prefer the Bills to have another pathway into the postseason. 

Even if they lose to NE, because of so many divisional contests the Bills stand a good chance of getting in at 10-7.

[billieve420]

Screw the Pats will never root for them. Rather Indy take the last wildcard spot than NE winning

[Boatdrinks]

13 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

Even if they lose to NE, because of so many divisional contests the Bills stand a good chance of getting in at 10-7.

That is true, but not if the Colts defeat the Pats. The Bills chances go down dramatically if those two outcomes happen. 

8 minutes ago, billieve420 said:

Screw the Pats will never root for them. Rather Indy take the last wildcard spot than NE winning

I understand the sentiment, and I would never watch a Pats game and actively root for them to win ( unless it gave the Bills the #1 seed lol) . I won’t watch the Colts / NE game but I won’t be too disappointed if I see that NE won the game. 

[jkeerie]

6 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

That is true, but not if the Colts defeat the Pats. The Bills chances go down dramatically if those two outcomes happen. 

But the chances of 3 other AFC teams also go down.  

[Nextmanup]

31 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

That is true, but not if the Colts defeat the Pats. The Bills chances go down dramatically if those two outcomes happen. 

I understand the sentiment, and I would never watch a Pats game and actively root for them to win ( unless it gave the Bills the #1 seed lol) . I won’t watch the Colts / NE game but I won’t be too disappointed if I see that NE won the game. 

We win out, we have a 100% chance of making playoffs.

 

We win 3 "easy" games but lose to NE, we have about 88% chance of making playoffs.

 

We are still looking good, as long as we actually start winning! 

 

 

[BananaB]

I can’t see Josh missing this game, he’s too much of a competitor. The season has not gone the way they have wanted and he’ll do anything to get them back on track. 

[Boatdrinks]

40 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

But the chances of 3 other AFC teams also go down.  

They might. I am strictly going by the playoff machine and picking what I feel are the likely outcomes that most NFL fans would pick in all games. I avoided anything that looked like “ oh it would be nice for the Bills if X team won.” The Bills were out in most scenarios if Colts beat NE

Edited December 14, 2021 by Boatdrinks

[BIGFOOTspaceman]

54 minutes ago, billieve420 said:

Screw the Pats will never root for them. Rather Indy take the last wildcard spot than NE winning

I remember rooting for the Pats way back when against the Steelers in the playoffs(the year the Pats beat the Rams in the SB.)  Bledsoe came in to relieve an injured T Brady if I remember correctly.  At that point in time, I absolutely loathed the Steelers and would root for anyone to beat them....That was the start of the Pats dynasty.  Moral of the story....be careful what you wish for.

[TheFunPolice]

As bad as the refs were in Tampa we were inside the 10 down 3 points inside of 30 seconds to win.

 

Better play calls and execution there wins the game. 

 

Fades are low % plays that are a waste of a down

 

 

[njbuff]

13 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

As bad as the refs were in Tampa we were inside the 10 down 3 points inside of 30 seconds to win.

 

Better play calls and execution there wins the game. 

 

Fades are low % plays that are a waste of a down

 

 

And yet it should have been first and goal at the 1 with 28 seconds left. And that’s exactly what would have happened if the Bills played ANYBODY but the Bucs.

[Marv's Neighbor]

5 hours ago, Heathcliff said:

Looking forward and putting the last week(2 games) behind!  Thanks for starting this thread Hapless! 

Hapless thread??

[SCBills]

Get in at all costs… yes that includes rooting for the Pats to beat Indy. 
 

Id rather keep all options to the postseason open than potentially win the division. 
 

Not too worried about playing all of our playoff games outside Buffalo given the make up of this years team. 
 

Edited December 14, 2021 by SCBills

[Since1981]

Just get in via Win 3-1. we play anywhere and later opponent’s style matters more than home field. 
 

CAR IS a playoff game in my view. 

[Warcodered]

3 hours ago, Process said:

What? The reason we are rooting for the Colts is because we lost.

I mean sure but wouldn't we of been rooting for them over the Patriots anyway?