NFL Week #18 - Patriots* @ Bills - 1st half game thread

[Amorgus]

3 minutes ago, Drifter said:

Terrible decision by Josh. He has to learn that sometimes a sack isn't the end of the world. 

 

 

He's taken a few already so I don't know why he had to make that awful throw besides ego. 

[Governor]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

No idea .. every game is different.  
 

Does it make you feel better to say this?

 

Yea .. that look bad lately.  We all know.    They also don’t get blown out.  But we’re supposed to assume Cinci would do that night what nobody else can?

We were definitely going to be blown out. At least by 20 points.  We can’t stop a nosebleed.

 

This is the worst defense I’ve seen since Dave Wannstedt.

[Drew21PA]

Just now, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

 

Completely misleading screenshot…safety was running in towards diggs and whoever that is at the top of the screen ended up wide open in the middle of the end zone 

Convinced he was throwing it out the back of the end zone but getting hit - LOW mind you - he couldn’t get it there 

[Big Blitz]

Just now, Kiva said:

This game is to honor Hamlin. Why are they so flat? What are they doing?

 

Getting the letdown off the high from the run up to and start of this game get out of the way now.  So it doesn’t hit next Saturday or Sunday 

[Amaru523]

13 minutes ago, BeavercreekBillsFan said:

The defense has sucked for a while or have you not been watching 

Chicken Little #1

[Toyo321]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

Partly because we're running better. The only part of Allen's game that concerns me is the turn overs.

His redzone performance and accuracy is sorely lacking this year, big time.   He needs to start reading what the other team is giving them and that's available,  because his mistakes are F***ing killing this team. 

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, ArtVandalay said:

No you just expect him to be prefect every play because you've seen the numbers he can put up. News flash check his stats vs the rest if the league puts just about everyone shame every play is not a TD or big gain. He got hit in the legs as he threw big whoop.

 

Isn't he something like number one or two at number of intereceptions?

[Heitz]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

You people are amazing. Ly ridiculous.

You’ll never seen a bigger group whiney Nostradamus’ than in the GDT 🤣✌️:beer:

 

[Billznut]

If we win today our likely path is 
Home vs Miami or Pitt
Home vs Cincy
Neutral field vs KC

 

If we lose today the likely path is 
Home vs Baltimore
At Cincy
At KC

 

HUGE HUGE difference 

[Protocal69]

2 minutes ago, Kiva said:

Why is he not playing? Just dumb to not have your clutch 3rd down receiver on the field. 

Probably  to keep him healthy for the playoffs.

[streetkings01]

6 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

Looking forward to Allen's typical "I can't put the team in a bad spot, I have to play better" remarks.  100 yards in the first half, a TD and a terrible pick.  Mac is outplaying him by a mile.

To be fair I think our offense would light our defense up 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Amaru523]

9 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:

This performance isn't exactly a one off. This has become the norm.

Chicken Little #2

[Kingston Bills Fan]

All we have on offence is Diggs and two good backs we refuse to use. We need either upgrades to Davis / Mackenzie or start using Shakir see what he has cause both Davis and Mackenzie have not turned out to be what we thought they could be. We also need to upgrade O-line and seems like AJ Epenensa was a wasted pick as well. Lots of decisions needs to happen this off-season. 

Edited January 8, 2023 by Kingston Bills Fan

[DapperCam]

Probably should have been roughing the passer on the hit that led to the int. Was pretty forceful below the knees.

Edited January 8, 2023 by DapperCam

[PauleeeWalnuts]

3 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

You people are amazing. Ly ridiculous.

Ridiculous? Not quite. KC and Cincy will smoke them playing like this. 

[Airseven]

1 minute ago, Kiva said:

This game is to honor Hamlin. Why are they so flat? What are they doing?

Were they supposed to become an efficient team again miraculously?

[Maine-iac]

I'll never understand why we don't run more.  We get stuffed once and pass pass pass.  Not a bad half but they need to clean it up and get open faster.  Josh is holding the ball a lot and that leads to bad things.

[Johnnycage46]

Just now, Solomon Grundy said:

They rely on Josh to make off scheduled plays too much. The Bills have 1 WR who can get open consistently.Try imposing your will sometimes. Run the ball

 

Gashing teams in the run seems to also boost the whole team's confidence and will to dominate.  Throwing the ball is fun...but if it isn't working it isn't working.

[Sandhill Mike]

Just now, BillsFan130 said:

And what good team have the bills beaten in those 7 games?

 

Us bills fans like to call Miami out on that against the bad teams they beat up, so in those 7 wins which ones were against good teams?

The Chefs squeaked out six divisional wins this year and everyone is scared to death to play them.  They barely beat a bad Denver team last week.  I remember the Jags putting up 300 yards rushing on Manning's Colts just before the playoffs started... they were getting destroyed the last few weeks of the season, and then played lights out in the playoffs.

 

Hoping we can do the same.  We don't have a Bob Sanders type coming back to stabilize our defense, but playing a tight game against the Patriots - and one of the best defensive coaches the league has ever seen - doesn't mean we're doomed.  The Pats are playing for a playoff berth, they're not the Texans.

[White Linen]

There's no strategy to our play calling. We run then we totally don't, then we do, then we don't. Use a mix and play action and screens to set up other plays. It's just all over the place