Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve

[ColoradoBills]

The Buffalo Bills are one win from the Division Championship and three games from the AFC #1 Seed.

They will not take this game lightly.  It's all in to win this one and take a mini-break after.

 

With 3 wins the Bears are locked into the #2 overall pick in the draft.  Winning games this late in the year only hurts them.

[Gunsgoodtime]

3 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

Your assumption is foolish. 

Coming from a Twitter news researcher lol

[947]

2 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

With 3 wins the Bears are locked into the #2 overall pick in the draft.  Winning games this late in the year only hurts them.

Exactly. The Bears are in a great position with lots of teams wanting QBs & themselves not being one of them. They could probably turn the 2nd overall pick into 2 first rounders & change from a QB-needy team. If they win any more games, that becomes harder to do.

[Chandler#81]

 

[Big Turk]

Buffalo increases it's DVOA slightly in Miami win, PHI drops significantly, Bills back in first with an almost 4% lead now on 2nd place Philly. Look at both Eagles and 49ers playing 2 of the easiest schedules in the NFL while the Bills have played the 8th hardest.

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Big Turk

[ColoradoBills]

6 minutes ago, 947 said:

Exactly. The Bears are in a great position with lots of teams wanting QBs & themselves not being one of them. They could probably turn the 2nd overall pick into 2 first rounders & change from a QB-needy team. If they win any more games, that becomes harder to do.

 

Exactly.  The Colts, Falcons, Panthers and Saints are all just behind them.

[Big Turk]

9 minutes ago, 947 said:

Exactly. The Bears are in a great position with lots of teams wanting QBs & themselves not being one of them. They could probably turn the 2nd overall pick into 2 first rounders & change from a QB-needy team. If they win any more games, that becomes harder to do.

 

No team is ever going to try and lose. Only wishful thinking. Half of those players are not going to be on that team and no player wants tape of them dogging it when they are looking for their next contract. Those players don't care about their draft status, they want to win.

[Greg S]

5 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

 

Passing stats 3,857 yards with 30 TD's and 11 INT's. Rushing stats 705 yards and 6 TD's. They said on the NFLN that Allen became the 1st QB in NFL history to throw for 30 or more TD's and rush for 5 or more TD's in 3 consecutive seasons.

[H2o]

11 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

This is what you hear the bobbleheads in the sports media spewing the most. "Josh plays too much hero ball and has too many turnovers," even when Josh isn't playing hero ball and isn't turning the ball over. 

[LyndonvilleBill]

6 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

No team is ever going to try and lose. Only wishful thinking. Half of those players are not going to be on that team and no player wants tape of them dogging it when they are looking for their next contract. Those players don't care about their draft status, they want to win.

This is very true, however,  do you think players are less likely too go all out and risk an injury? You know, play hard, but smart at the same time. Especially if they are FA'S? Honest question, as I personally don't know how I would act in their situation. 🤔

[Big Turk]

3 minutes ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

This is very true, however,  do you think players are less likely too go all out and risk an injury? You know, play hard, but smart at the same time. Especially if they are FA'S? Honest question, as I personally don't know how I would act in their situation. 🤔

 

In rare instances maybe, but in most instances no...

[ColoradoBills]

14 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

No team is ever going to try and lose. Only wishful thinking. Half of those players are not going to be on that team and no player wants tape of them dogging it when they are looking for their next contract. Those players don't care about their draft status, they want to win.

 

It's not the players.  It's the coaching staff with gameplans and calls/decisions that can tank a game.

[Awwufelloff]

Chicago forecast

 

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions possible. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central and northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. * WHEN...From Thursday evening through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Falling and blowing snow may result in white out conditions with zero visibility at times, making travel extremely difficult, if not impossible. Power outages will also be possible as a result of strong damaging wind gusts to 55 mph. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Bitterly cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero are likely during the height of the storm. Wind chills of this magnitude can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

[Fleezoid]

7 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

 

[Big Turk]

7 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

It's not the players.  It's the coaching staff with gameplans and calls/decisions that can tank a game.

 

They are not trying to do that either.

[Fleezoid]

Defensive game plan for the Bears.....

 

If you see a Bears player running with the football, don't just pat him on the shoulders, arms and back, Grab him and pull him to the ground! Thank you.

[Big Turk]

8 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

 

 

[dave mcbride]

1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

And the one he threw was not a bad throw. It was tipped. Otherwise it would have been a td to Diggs.

[YattaOkasan]

3 hours ago, Heitz said:

Guessing this game will not be on TV in New England (where I'll be for the holidays) - better get work on finding an NFL bar in Rhode Island...  

its a saturday game so i think it should be available.  theres no other games at this time so I dont think youll get bumped.  you may need nfl network though.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said:

its a saturday game so i think it should be available.  theres no other games at this time so I dont think youll get bumped.  you may need nfl network though.

False.

 

Most of the league is playing saturday, and the Bills are in the #2 slot on the CBS side.