Super Bowl LVI: Bengals at Rams

[gomper]

8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Was thinking the same. If Tennessee could sack Burrow 9 times, what will the Rams do? Let's face it, the best team isn't playing.

So true. What a heartbreaker. Still, go Cincinnati. LA is a horrible football town, if you can call it that. Ohio deserves it. At least they give a ****

[Low Positive]

The Tire Discounters sign that I saw on my drive to work today read "Just beat a typical sneaker head." 

[JohnBonhamRocks]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Anyone else already over the Burrow hype fest?

Nope gotta respect Joe Cool
 

[BuffaloBillyG]

Just now, JohnBonhamRocks said:

Nope gotta respect Joe Cool
 

Give it a week...

[harryS]

This will be a replay of last year's Super Bowl where a D-line dominating an O-line is the story of the game.''

 

It'll be a good results for the Bills as it will encourage McBeane to make aggressive moves to bring high-end talent onto the team to support Allen.

 

The McVay/Snead era for the Rams and the McDermott/Beane era for the Bills both started in 2017.  Both regimes have been highly successful but the Rams are going to be the one who's been to 2 Super Bowls, winning 1.  This, despite the Bills having the better QB.   Hopefully McBeane will think about that a little bit and take some lessons from the Rams.

[Low Positive]

3 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Give it a week...

Yeah, I liked Brady when he upset the Rams in his first SB. 

[JohnBonhamRocks]

2 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Give it a week...

Instead of a week, I give it perspective.
 

Could be Mahomes vs. Jimmy G… 🤮

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

Yeah, I liked Brady when he upset the Rams in his first SB. 

Exactly. It was a cool story.

[harryS]

4 minutes ago, harryS said:

This will be a replay of last year's Super Bowl where a D-line dominating an O-line is the story of the game.''

 

It'll be a good results for the Bills as it will encourage McBeane to make aggressive moves to bring high-end talent onto the team to support Allen.

 

The McVay/Snead era for the Rams and the McDermott/Beane era for the Bills both started in 2017.  Both regimes have been highly successful but the Rams are going to be the one who's been to 2 Super Bowls, winning 1.  This, despite the Bills having the better QB.   Hopefully McBeane will think about that a little bit and take some lessons from the Rams.

 

One other thing about this.  The Rams have the best special teams in the league by DVOA, so it's not like their strategy has cost them depth or on the margins.  At least not yet.  They are still a well-rounded team despite having elite talent in many places and despite given up many assets to acquire that elite talent.

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 hours ago, harryS said:

This will be a replay of last year's Super Bowl where a D-line dominating an O-line is the story of the game.''

 

It'll be a good results for the Bills as it will encourage McBeane to make aggressive moves to bring high-end talent onto the team to support Allen.

 

The McVay/Snead era for the Rams and the McDermott/Beane era for the Bills both started in 2017.  Both regimes have been highly successful but the Rams are going to be the one who's been to 2 Super Bowls, winning 1.  This, despite the Bills having the better QB.   Hopefully McBeane will think about that a little bit and take some lessons from the Rams.

I just can’t see the rams avoiding years of irrelevance after this potential Superbowl win so I guess it’s the philosophical question of do you mortgage your whole future to win 1 superbowl.  Beane for better or worse is on the other side of that argument 

3 hours ago, harryS said:

 

One other thing about this.  The Rams have the best special teams in the league by DVOA, so it's not like their strategy has cost them depth or on the margins.  At least not yet.  They are still a well-rounded team despite having elite talent in many places and despite given up many assets to acquire that elite talent.

They’re mostly giving up future assets though…I feel like it just has to catch up with them. No first round picks for 7 years by the end of this and stafford will be in his mid to late 30s by then 

[Nextmanup]

4 hours ago, harryS said:

This will be a replay of last year's Super Bowl where a D-line dominating an O-line is the story of the game.''

 

It'll be a good results for the Bills as it will encourage McBeane to make aggressive moves to bring high-end talent onto the team to support Allen.

 

The McVay/Snead era for the Rams and the McDermott/Beane era for the Bills both started in 2017.  Both regimes have been highly successful but the Rams are going to be the one who's been to 2 Super Bowls, winning 1.  This, despite the Bills having the better QB.   Hopefully McBeane will think about that a little bit and take some lessons from the Rams.

How about the Bengals appearing in a Super Bowl 2 years after picking their QB in the draft?!

 

Why compare us to the Rams over a 5 years period!  Look at what the Bengals have done in 2.

 

 

 

[TBBills]

56 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

How about the Bengals appearing in a Super Bowl 2 years after picking their QB in the draft?!

 

Why compare us to the Rams over a 5 years period!  Look at what the Bengals have done in 2.

 

 

 

All about luck in the end.

[Success]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

How about the Bengals appearing in a Super Bowl 2 years after picking their QB in the draft?!

 

Why compare us to the Rams over a 5 years period!  Look at what the Bengals have done in 2.

 

 

 

 

The Bengals cut in line.  They really had no business making the SB - credit to them for doing it, but they needed a bunch of breaks along the way (which shows how hard it is to get there), including KC basically melting down from the end of the 1st half through the remainder of the game.

 

I don't think it will serve Cincy too well, though they'll have a SB appearance where we don't.  But I think the chances are good that the Rams win pretty decisively next week.

 

[Warcodered]

 

okay now I can't unsee this.

 

[harryS]

4 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I just can’t see the rams avoiding years of irrelevance after this potential Superbowl win so I guess it’s the philosophical question of do you mortgage your whole future to win 1 superbowl.  Beane for better or worse is on the other side of that argument 

They’re mostly giving up future assets though…I feel like it just has to catch up with them. No first round picks for 7 years by the end of this and stafford will be in his mid to late 30s by then 

 

Time will tell.  If over a a 10-15 year period, the Rams still have achieved more, despite the Bills having the better QB, we'd have to conclude that they had the superior strategy.

 

 

3 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

How about the Bengals appearing in a Super Bowl 2 years after picking their QB in the draft?!

 

Why compare us to the Rams over a 5 years period!  Look at what the Bengals have done in 2.

 

 

Bengals feel like they just had a fluky run to make it this season (even though their future is bright with Burrow).  Also, when you draft overall #1 to land your franchise QB, it's hard to give the organization too much credit.  For example, I think the Bills deserve much more credit for drafting Allen because there were so many question marks and naysayers about him.

[ghostwriter]

I want the Bengals to win in the worst way.

[B-Man]

1 hour ago, Victory Formation said:

I want the Bengals to win in the worst way.

 

 

Get the ball with 13 seconds left ?

 

 

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Boatdrinks]

7 hours ago, TBBills said:

All about luck in the end.

Yep. Rams will have one appearance via a rather infamous no call by Refs, and another from a pretty major choke by Jimmy G plus a dropped INT. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.