Week 16: Bills at Bears on Christmas Eve

[CoffeeDrip]

I swear to all things Holy, that if I have to watch the Bills on Christmas Day with my in laws I will throw myself in Lake Erie. Thanksgiving was MORE than enough. 
 

Christmas Eve all the way… no rescheduling… I guess Monday would work too, just a longer wait.

[Comebackkid]

51 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

It means people are really bad at proof reading.

got that right, although it still amazes me.

[TheFunPolice]

37 minutes ago, CoffeeDrip said:

I swear to all things Holy, that if I have to watch the Bills on Christmas Day with my in laws I will throw myself in Lake Erie. Thanksgiving was MORE than enough. 
 

Christmas Eve all the way… no rescheduling… I guess Monday would work too, just a longer wait.

 

Thank you! No more Thanksgiving Bills games! 

 

Christmas can't be helped due to the date but next year it's a Monday so it'll work itself out 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by TheFunPolice

[Chandler#81]

Regardless of where/when the final 3 games are played, personally, I’m convinced we’ll win 2 of the 3 -Chi & NE*. It’s the Cincy game for all the AFC marbles! I have no clue about that outcome.🤷‍♂️

[Commish]

8 hours ago, GolfandBills said:

Problem is the airports will close.  It’s hard seeing this game happening Saturday.  

It's a charter flight, they don't have to land at Midway/O'Hare - pick decent-sized airport an hour or two away that's open, fly in there, and take buses.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Commish

[Chandler#81]

 

[stevewin]

18 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

So nice to see Jets and Cheaters in the "if you have 2 QBs you have none" purgatory

[billsbackto81]

10 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Could the 3rd LB in this week be Bernard because of his open field athleticism to try and limit Fields?

Has to be Klein alternating with Dodson. We need thumpers and Bernard is too light and inexperienced. He looked horrible when he got the start. 

[Mr Info]

13 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:

Has to be Klein alternating with Dodson. We need thumpers and Bernard is too light and inexperienced. He looked horrible when he got the start. 

Klein was injured on the opening kickoff of the Fins game and did not return. Will have to wait for status.

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/12/17/23514703/a-j-klein-injured-on-opening-play-as-buffalo-bills-vs-miami-dolphins-kicks-off

[RiotAct]

8 hours ago, CoffeeDrip said:

I swear to all things Holy, that if I have to watch the Bills on Christmas Day with my in laws I will throw myself in Lake Erie. Thanksgiving was MORE than enough. 
 

Christmas Eve all the way… no rescheduling… I guess Monday would work too, just a longer wait.

two fewer days of rest for the Bengals game would suck, though

[Shemp]

I lived in Chicago for a few years. I've never been to a place that cold and windy. Buffalo might have its snowstorms but in Chicago, your nostrils freeze together. I was working for a place just off Michigan Ave and happened to be looking out the window, when I saw a poor guy in a wheelchair trying to cross the street without any help. The wind blew him off his wheelchair and he rolled around in the street for a few minutes. People tried to help him but he refused help. Someone fetched his wheelchair, which had blown crazily farther away and he eventually got back in it, by himself, and made it across the street. Chicago winters are absolutely brutal but it keeps the riff-raff off the streets. I think you'll see crime plummet a bit in the winter over there.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Blah Blah

[CoffeeDrip]

8 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Thank you! No more Thanksgiving Bills games! 

 

Christmas can't be helped due to the date but next year it's a Monday so it'll work itself out 

 

 

I actually love Thanksgiving games, but the Dallas and NO games were late enough that I could be at home - I hosted both years and everyone was gone prior to kickoff. The early game means I can’t get away. 

[Ta111]

34 minutes ago, SUNY_amherst said:

play the Bears and Patriots games in Detroit for sure, because ya know, it’s winter so it’s cold.
 

Cincinnati maybe that one happens as scheduled but let’s monitor that as it gets cold in Southern Ohio as well 

Temp down here in southern Ohio looks great for Monday 1/2. Around 40 degrees and no precipitation.

[HOUSE]

https://wyrk.com/bills-bears-blizzard/

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Regardless of where/when the final 3 games are played, personally, I’m convinced we’ll win 2 of the 3 -Chi & NE*. It’s the Cincy game for all the AFC marbles! I have no clue about that outcome.🤷‍♂️

 

Same. Oddly I am a bit more confident in the Bengals game due to the fact that it is a ROAD primetime game. This version of the Bills seems to show up and play well on the road and in primetime games in particular. However, I would still expect it to be close. 

 

If it were in Buffalo i would say there would be a small chance for a double-digit Bengals win. But being on the road I think the Bills will be locked in a very little chance of a Bengals double-digit win.

[HopelessNJBuffaloFan]

12 hours ago, realtruelove said:

Move the game to Detroit.

 

Ok, Detroit is just on the other side of the pond (Ok, Lake) and is going to get the same amount of snow. Logistics are the same. Cannot get there. 

[Simon Says]

On 12/18/2022 at 4:22 PM, chaccof said:

This strikes me as a classic game that the Bills can blow through over confidence and looking ahead to Cincinnati the following week.   Sure hope not.   

It is so simple and frankly,lame, to just say "trap game". Do you listen to the interviews with Bills players and coaches? They are professionals, all focusing on one game at a time.

[Since1981]

29 minutes ago, Herb Nightly said:

blow through over confidence a

No!! 

 

 “NFL trap games” are gone—parity (see SB Rams). This is still happens in HS, college—-with vast variability, immaturity, poor rank systems. 
 

“NFL trap game” chatter is fan lazy, old, cliche talk. 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Since1981

[Big Turk]

Weather here is going to far worse than Chicago...

 

Widescale synoptic snow Friday followed by heavy lake snow and strong winds gusting to 50 mph Saturday producing near whiteout conditions.

Edited December 20, 2022 by Big Turk

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:

Has to be Klein alternating with Dodson. We need thumpers and Bernard is too light and inexperienced. He looked horrible when he got the start. 

 

2 hours ago, Mr Info said:

Klein was injured on the opening kickoff of the Fins game and did not return. Will have to wait for status.

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/12/17/23514703/a-j-klein-injured-on-opening-play-as-buffalo-bills-vs-miami-dolphins-kicks-off

 

I do not want to see even a healthy Klein attempting to chase down and tackle Fields.  Milano please.