Super WC weekend Playoff Game 1 — NE* at Buffalo. Are you worried?

[Boatdrinks]

Division games are tough and it’s difficult to beat a team twice in a row. The choices on this poll are too far to one side or another. The last thing you’d fear playing them is Mac Jones. Anyway Pats are around 33% to be the Bills opponent and the Raiders are around 27%. Colts are in between, so it’s far from certain it will be NE as it sounds in the title. 

[Greg S]

19 minutes ago, Jeffbigalls said:

I think Cincinnati gonna be a tough out for anyone

 

Burrow, those receivers, plus Mixon running the ball. They will be a very difficult team to stop. The Bills would probably have to win a shootout against them. One of those last team with the ball wins type of games.

[Dr. K]

I'm always worried. 

[TheBrownBear]

It's the playoffs.  Of course I'm worried.  I'd be worried if we were matched up against Jamestown High School. 

[Hebert19]

9 minutes ago, Process said:

Lol. The Bills have played what, 8 primetime games the past two years? Have you not watched any of them?

 

Allen plays great in prime time.

1.  Playoff game

2.   Home playoff game 

3.  Full crowd.  

 

Had any of them?

 

He's played exactly 1 home prime time game in front of a full stadium.  The new England game.  

 

Last year none due to covid.  

 

2019.  None. 

 

Did you see him yesterday he was firing rockets that receivers couldn't hold onto. 

 

Now road games ya he plays well.  Home games with full stadium in playoffs completely different. 

 

 

[Success]

In a way, I'd be glad that we dropped that wind game.  Beating any team 3x in a row would be very hard - much less a division foe, much less Belichick.

 

It's like we'd get a re-do on our turf, with hopefully better conditions.

 

[Ray Stonada]

I can't wait till next week when we will know all the matchups for sure.

 

Then we can start worrying accurately.

[Motorin']

22 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Division games are tough and it’s difficult to beat a team twice in a row. The choices on this poll are too far to one side or another. The last thing you’d fear playing them is Mac Jones. Anyway Pats are around 33% to be the Bills opponent and the Raiders are around 27%. Colts are in between, so it’s far from certain it will be NE as it sounds in the title. 

 

So there's a 67% chance we don't play the Pats. 

Edited January 3, 2022 by Motorin'

[Saxum]

2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

Playoff Game 1 is looking to be NE* at Buffalo. Are you worried?
 

Might as well start off the round 3 discussion 

 

 

Sort of silly having two extremes in choices.

[Boatdrinks]

Just now, Motorin' said:

 

So there's a 67% chance we don't play the Pats. 

Right. It looked far more certain on Sunday morning, then they played the games. 

[Southern_Bills]

Only thing to fear on that matchup is how much beer do we need for the celebration. 

[JaCrispy]

Only reason I would be worried is because you never know which Josh will show up...

[appoo]

1 minute ago, JaCrispy said:

Only reason I would be worried is because you never know which Josh will show up...

 

Not remotely, he's been on a 2 year run of consistent greatness. Yesterday was an aberration. 

 

I don't like the Pats because that OLine + Damien Harris is quite excellent. 

[ngbills]

NE is the easiest match up in my eyes. Indy would be the worst. LAV or LAC are unknowns - would be more worried about LAC than LAV. 

 

Guessing it will go:

 

Bills v NE

CIN vs IND

KC vs LAC

 

If IND or LAC win then we are playing KC or CIN

If KC and CIN both win we are playing TEN

 

I will predict KC wins and IND beats CIN

 

So IND plays TEN and Bills play KC

 

Bills beat KC again and get a rematch to avenge the loss to TEN/IND

[Motorin']

13 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Right. It looked far more certain on Sunday morning, then they played the games. 

 

There's 5 games left effecting AFC playoff seeding. That means there's 2 the 5th power, or 32 unique outcomes. 

[Logic]

2 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

But why? I'm not trying to be contentious, but I truly don't see anything about being at home that benefits this Bills team.

How about the fact that the Sean McDermott Bills are 2-0 in home playoff games and 0-3 in road playoff games? 

 

[wagne591]

2 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

But why? I'm not trying to be contentious, but I truly don't see anything about being at home that benefits this Bills team.

I second that...it seems like the Bills are more focused when playing on the road after that Jax game...I mean it was all business last week in NE and yesterday was a total let down from Josh....Love that guy but he needs to get more consistent for us to have a chance...It seemed like yesterday he was trying to play hero ball at times...Winning is the best answer to anything no matter how you do it.  

[Nextmanup]

Not worried and in fact have been calling for and anxiously anticipating this matchup for several weeks now.

We have the massively better QB in the matchup.

 

Jones will be among the absolute worst QBs in the playoffs.

 

I'll take the matchup all day long.

 

 

[BuffaloBill]

No, the Bills are the better team. They simply need not beat themselves.

[Nextmanup]

2 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

How does being at home help us?

 

2 hours ago, Success said:

 

In the playoffs? With reasonable conditions?

 

I'd much rather play at home than, say, Gillette....

 

 

There hasn't been a home field advantage in the NFL for 3 seasons now.

 

Further, Josh puts enormous pressure on himself at home, more than on the road IMO.

 

I don't think home vs. road helps one way the other.

 

The key is we have the massively better QB; that is what should matter.

 

Just pray the weather is reasonably stable and it's not another tornado, so that Josh and our offense can distance themselves from New England.