Week 17: Bills at Bengals on MNF

[Mango]

10 hours ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

#1 seed gives the Bills the most time possible to try and get Hyde or Crowder back, although it is looking more and more like they are done.

 

Haven’t heard anything on either other than they are running off to the side of practice.

 

But it would get you to mid-January to get anyone back that you could. 

Totally a theory. But Hyde has been featured a lot on the Bills social media the last week or two. 
 

I think he stands a decent shot at coming back actually. 
 

Beasley can only be called up one more time before the playoffs before he has to go on the 53. I thought he’d sit the Bears game, but imagine he sits via NE. Playoffs reset the 3 game limit. Curious if that has anything to do with Crowder? Might be over thinking that one. 

[RiotAct]

1 minute ago, Mango said:

Totally a theory. But Hyde has been featured a lot on the Bills social media the last week or two. 
 

I think he stands a decent shot at coming back actually. 
 

they certainly aren’t “HYDE”-ing him away!

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

5 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

We’re better than Cinci -all through the roster. Yes, they made the Super Bowl last season and their record is good enough to warrant this opportunity as well. IF we don’t turn the ball over or kill promising drives with penalties, we’ll be the #1 seed. jmo.

No I hear you.

 

The only teams that give me pause to say that we are better than are the Chiefs and Eagles. 

 

Cincinnati is uncomfortably close though. 

[Pokebball]

My gut is telling me we play the Bengals twice in order to get to the SB. Of course I want to beat them both times, but if it's one or the other for us, I want to beat them the second time.

[Big Turk]

 

[Boatdrinks]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

The bias for Mahomes and Burrow and against Allen in the media will never not be hilarious.

 

 

Let them Keep doubting Allen and downplaying his abilities. The Bills have beaten the Chiefs at Arrowhead two of the last 3 times we’re a few seconds and some questionable defensive strategy away from winning all 3. Meanwhile the Bengals were down 17-3 at Tampa ( who promptly turned the ball over 4 times in the second half to lose ) and nearly fell to the Patriots on Sunday. Yet those teams are talked up as unstoppable. The anti Bills and anti Allen bias has resurfaced, but I believe that will serve to motivate Josh even more. 

[Big Turk]

Just now, Boatdrinks said:

Let them Keep doubting Allen and downplaying his abilities. The Bills have beaten the Chiefs at Arrowhead two of the last 3 times we’re a few seconds and some questionable defensive strategy away from winning all 3. Meanwhile the Bengals were down 17-3 at Tampa ( who promptly turned the ball over 4 times in the second half to lose ) and nearly fell to the Patriots on Sunday. Yet those teams are talked up as unstoppable. The anti Bills and anti Allen bias has resurfaced, but I believe that will serve to motivate Josh even more. 

 

Allen in the playoffs is like SuperMan

[NickelCity]

I'm guessing we'll got beasley for a few third down conversions.

[NewEra]

2 hours ago, SCBills said:

Of course, I agree, we can still win the Super Bowl in a worst case scenario of the 3 seed … but there is no denying the massive difference between the following potential scenarios:

 

Bye. Home against Jax/Bal/LAC etc. Home for AFC CG.  
 

vs

 

Home against LAC/Bal etc.  At Bengals. At Chiefs. 

It really is a MASSIVE advantage now that there’s only 1 bye

57 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

No I hear you.

 

The only teams that give me pause to say that we are better than are the Chiefs and Eagles. 

 

Cincinnati is uncomfortably close though. 

SF is legit too.  Very legit

54 minutes ago, Process said:

The bias for Mahomes and Burrow and against Allen in the media will never not be hilarious.

 

 

Were you hibernating august through the KC game?  If so, you missed the Bills bias over every team in the nfl…..as if we were the only team that had a chance to win the SB.  

Edited December 27, 2022 by NewEra

[Bangarang]

51 minutes ago, Process said:

The bias for Mahomes and Burrow and against Allen in the media will never not be hilarious.

 

 

Where’s the bias against Allen exactly? 

[Boatdrinks]

8 minutes ago, NewEra said:

It really is a MASSIVE advantage now that there’s only 1 bye

SF is legit too.  Very legit

We’re you hibernating august through the KC game?  If so, you missed the Bills bias over every team in the nfl…..as if we were the only team that had a chance to win the SB.  

Yes , Bills hype was over the top early in the year. The pundits have reverted to their true colors and that’s fine. Agree on SF- they’re my dark horse for the SB in the NFC. The more I see them the more I get the feeling they end up winning the NFC. They are dominant in the trenches and have a super QB friendly offensive system. Fans forget that they won the NFC championship game a few seasons back where Garrapolo hardly passed the ball. 

[NewEra]

1 minute ago, Process said:

Yea because of how Allen ended the season last year and started this one. When he's playing lights out they are all on board. You can't deny that he has significantly less wiggle room to play like crap and get criticized by the media. They are way quicker to turn on him. We've won what 6 straight games and they are still brining up turnovers because of the stretch earlier in the year? We've lost 3 games all year his turnovers have cost us nothing.

 

How many times have you heard about Mahomes throwing game ending interceptions vs the colts and bills?

 

Just funny that's all. No doubt they will all be slobbering over him again after we beat the Bengals and win the SB.

Idk….. I don’t have the time nor energy to waste my minutes on earth thinking about something so stupid.  No offense-  get over it.  It brings nothing but a higher blood pressure.  Trust

2 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Yes , Bills hype was over the top early in the year. The pundits have reverted to their true colors and that’s fine. Agree on SF- they’re my dark horse for the SB in the NFC. The more I see them the more I get the feeling they end up winning the NFC. They are dominant in the trenches and have a super QB friendly offensive system. Fans forget that they won the NFC championship game a few seasons back where Garrapolo hardly passed the ball. 

Yup.  That front 7 is ridiculous.  Charvarious Ward has been a perfect fit in that system.  Hufanga is a missle- Jimmy ward, versatile. Their other corners can be exposed as long as you can scheme your WRs open quick enough to get the ball out before their DL destroys your OL and QB.  
 

Ryan’s will be a HC next season 💯 

[nucci]

1 hour ago, Process said:

The bias for Mahomes and Burrow and against Allen in the media will never not be hilarious.

 

 

do you guys expect all these people on shows and podcasts to pick Allen and Bills as the best all the time? There'd be nothing to discuss. Also he has turned the ball over a lot lately. 

Edited December 27, 2022 by nucci

[Mango]

57 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Let them Keep doubting Allen and downplaying his abilities. The Bills have beaten the Chiefs at Arrowhead two of the last 3 times we’re a few seconds and some questionable defensive strategy away from winning all 3. Meanwhile the Bengals were down 17-3 at Tampa ( who promptly turned the ball over 4 times in the second half to lose ) and nearly fell to the Patriots on Sunday. Yet those teams are talked up as unstoppable. The anti Bills and anti Allen bias has resurfaced, but I believe that will serve to motivate Josh even more. 

 

Nobody is doubting Allen's abilities. He leads the league in turnovers because he tries to do too much at times.  It has also taken time to get the defense healthy and firing on all cylinders. Get those things figured out and the host is ranking the Bills higher. Seems pretty fair and respectful to me....

 

The Bengals have the hot hand in the AFC (hoping that changes Monday) and Philly has proven that the QB position isn't that important for them. They can score a million against a meaningful divisional game with their back up. 

It is what it is at the moment. 

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by Mango

[Mark Vader]

14 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

Nobody is doubting Allen's abilities. He leads the league in turnovers because he tries to do too much at times.  It has also taken time to get the defense healthy and firing on all cylinders. Get those things figured out and the host is ranking the Bills higher. Seems pretty fair and respectful to me....

 

The Bengals have the hot hand in the AFC (hoping that changes Monday) and Philly has proven that the QB position isn't that important for them. They can score a million against a meaningful divisional game with their back up. 

It is what it is at the moment. 

 

I agree that they don't doubt his abilities. I get the feeling that they don't envision him being a championship QB.

[Mango]

3 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

I agree that they don't doubt his abilities. I get the feeling that they don't envision him being a championship QB.

 

Eh, maybe. I don't exactly know how to qualify that but I will say....Josh Allen set the bar for himself at the end of last season and in the playoffs. For better or worse that is his measuring stick now. He hasn't played to that standard in some time. 

 

[AlfaBill]

1 hour ago, Process said:

The bias for Mahomes and Burrow and against Allen in the media will never not be hilarious.

 

 

Where did you hear the narrative against Josh in that clip?

[stevewin]

3 hours ago, The Wiz said:

We're talking black hole in terms of gravity.

Black Hole is in Vegas now

[Mark Vader]

29 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

Eh, maybe. I don't exactly know how to qualify that but I will say....Josh Allen set the bar for himself at the end of last season and in the playoffs. For better or worse that is his measuring stick now. He hasn't played to that standard in some time. 

 

I'll put it this way.

 

If Josh Allen played for the Patriots*, the sports media would be bowing down before him.

[YoloinOhio]