Bills open as 1.5 point favorites against Bengals(O/U 49)

[CEN-CAL17]

At least the weather should be better than the last 2 weeks 

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

Josh will need to play better next week but the Bengals are beatable. They have sloppy games just like we do. 

I agree. The whistle should have blown. Said it in the thread. His progress was stopped and was being pushed backwards. 

Exactly! No fumble ball is placed on the 5 yd line… his forward progress. But since he was drove back 3-4 yds then fumbles, it’s not really forward progress if he fumbles it after being pushed back 3-4 yds….

 

You can’t have it both ways. Yes the whistle should have blown after he was pushed back a couple yds.

[Big Turk]

8 minutes ago, CEN-CAL17 said:

That fumble was crap…. Stevenson was stopped at the 5 yd line… pushed back 4 yds by 3 bengals, then ball punched out on the 9 yd line. 
 

If Stevenson doesn’t fumble that ball is placed on the 5 yd line. So how is it a fumble on the 9 after being pushed back 4 yds?! 
 

Its forward progress until a fumble happens?

 

Maybe he should have two hands on the ball so it wouldn't have mattered? Stevenson is showing he is terrible at situational awareness two weeks in a row.

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

2 hours ago, cd1 said:

Only if the Bills bring their A Game and they don't seem to remember where they put their "A Game" (for safe keeping?).

 

Sure glad we won the division but...

 

 I think we can beat them without our A game. I mean most of our wins this year we didn't have our A game. At the most you can say we brought our A game is 3 times. Against the Rams, Titans & Steelers. Offensively we didn't have our A game at KC and still won.

 

 Cincy is playing well right now, but it's nothing we haven't seen this year. You could argue the Bengals should've lost today to the Pats after being up 22-0 late in the 3rd. We won comfortably against the Pats just a few weeks ago. 

 

 

[CEN-CAL17]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

Maybe he should have two hands on the ball so it wouldn't have mattered? Stevenson is showing he is terrible at situational awareness two weeks in a row.

I could care less who it was, or what happened last week, or two hands etc…

 

I just ask, if there were no fumble, why would it be placed at the 5. Cause we all know it would have. You can’t have forward progress stopped and then allow the defense to push the player 4 yards back and punch the ball.

 

We would all be beyond pisssed off if that happened to Buffalo.

[Turbo44]

5 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 I think we can beat them without our A game. I mean most of our wins this year we didn't have our A game. At the most you can say we brought our A game is 3 times. Against the Rams, Titans & Steelers. Offensively we didn't have our A game at KC and still won.

 

 Cincy is playing well right now, but it's nothing we haven't seen this year. You could argue the Bengals should've lost today to the Pats after being up 22-0 late in the 3rd. We won comfortably against the Pats just a few weeks ago. 

 

 

A game vs Rams? Don’t think so - it was 10-10 at half and we had committed 3 turnovers

[Since1981]

 no weather advisories, no watches, no warnings, no hurricane, no blizzards, no locusts

Perfect!! Bring on the no wind and rain boys!

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Since1981

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

12 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

A game vs Rams? Don’t think so - it was 10-10 at half and we had committed 3 turnovers

 

 In all fairness I did say at the most you could say was those 3 games. Not that it was necessarily true.

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2022 by LOVEMESOMEBILLS

[L Ron Burgundy]

3 hours ago, Ta111 said:

Bengals should have lost to,the terrible Patriots. Bills should be favorites.

We lost to the terrible Jets.  Exaggerating but we've had our low moments too.  While we've scored more points the Bengals have way more near superstar caliber players on offense.   Imo we should not be favored away.   Could be the game of the season. 

[CSBill]

1 hour ago, JayBaller10 said:

Bills were 1.5 favorites even before the two played today.

 

It’s imperative we beat CIN next week and lock up the 1 seed, because it’d all but ensure KC and CIN have to face off while the Bills get the 4 or 5 seed in the divisional round. 

 

A win next week will not lock up the number 1 seed, KC is still lurking. If they win out and we lose one, it's theirs.

[dma0034]

This game is the difference of being the 1 seed and the 3 seed. One you a bye and probably the Ravens @home in the second round. The other is you get to play the Chargers and go to Cincy in the second round. A lot to play for in this one.

[Big Turk]

33 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 I think we can beat them without our A game. I mean most of our wins this year we didn't have our A game. At the most you can say we brought our A game is 3 times. Against the Rams, Titans & Steelers. Offensively we didn't have our A game at KC and still won.

 

 Cincy is playing well right now, but it's nothing we haven't seen this year. You could argue the Bengals should've lost today to the Pats after being up 22-0 late in the 3rd. We won comfortably against the Pats just a few weeks ago. 

 

 

 

We had 4 turnovers against the Rams so I am not even sure then.

5 minutes ago, CSBill said:

 

A win next week will not lock up the number 1 seed, KC is still lurking. If they win out and we lose one, it's theirs.

 

Won't lock it up but trouncing the Pats in the final game of the year both will feel fantastic AND lock it up.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

45 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

Josh will need to play better next week but the Bengals are beatable. They have sloppy games just like we do. 

I agree. The whistle should have blown. Said it in the thread. His progress was stopped and was being pushed backwards. 

Every team has sloppy games. 

[zow2]

This game will definitely decide the #1 seed.  It will be interesting to see if the Bills match up well with Cinci.  

 

As we’ve seen, Kansas City has all kinds of trouble with Cincinnati,  and the Bills (in the playoffs) have not fared well against KC.

But who knows… Buffalo might match up well with the Bengals?  We shall see.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

We score more points, allow less points, gain more yards per game, allow less yards per game.  I don’t find this line surprising 

[Putin]

2 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:

I have been hearing this statement for weeks now, yet they have won 6 in a row. The Bengals are also playing really well, but they also almost lost a 22 point lead today, had to come back from 17 down last week so they have major flaws as well.

 

The Bills don’t NEED to play well in all 3 phases to win. Get a defensive game like they did today and that’s going to go a long way towards a win. They just need to play better than the Bengals do next week-they have 12 wins for a reason this year, I’m confident they will put together a good plan for next week too

Agree !!! 
I hope we continue running the ball  because this offense with running game would be a nightmare to defend !!! 

[Low Positive]

Remember, the Bengals only beat the Bucs because they turned the ball over on 4 straight possessions. They are not actually playing all that well right now, but just like in the playoffs last year they are getting extremely lucky. If Stevenson doesn’t fumble today they would have lost. The Bills have to get pressure with four and get some sacks on Burrow. Yes, Chase and Higgins will make plays but their secondary gives up plays and the weather should be good. I have watched at least part of every Bengals game this year and I really like the Bills chances.

 

[Big Turk]

Just now, FrenchConnection said:

Remember, the Bengals only beat the Bucs because they turned the ball over on 4 straight possessions. They are not actually playing all that well right now, but just like in the playoffs last year they are getting extremely lucky. If Stevenson doesn’t fumble today they would have lost. The Bills have to get pressure with four and get some sacks on Burrow. Yes, Chase and Higgins will make plays but their secondary gives up plays and the weather should be good. I have watched at least part of every Bengals game this year and I really like the Bills chances.

 

 

The Bengals are a good team but are closer to being in the same league as Miami and the Ravens than they are the Bills league.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

The Bengals are a good team but are closer to being in the same league as Miami and the Ravens than they are the Bills league.

I don’t know man.  They went to the SB last year and are on a 7 game win streak right now .  Trying to rank the Bills, Bengals and Chiefs is really hard.

[DrBob806]

3 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

The Bengals are a good team but are closer to being in the same league as Miami and the Ravens than they are the Bills league.

BenGals are scary if they protect Burrow, the guy is a pure QB.

 

Allen & Mahomes are QBs who are better when things go haywire

[Wyobills89]

My 2 favorite Wyo alum going head to head for the first time in the NFL. Dang lol also for all the marbles in the afc seeding. I love Logan but damn let's go Buffalo! Josh revived my nfl enthusiasm.