Bills/Dolphins Wild Card pre-game thread

[Beck Water]

7 minutes ago, CSBill said:

Eli Ankou going get a lot of PT today. Interesting. 

 

Yeah, that's actually the most interesting choice to me.  There isn't a depth chart on PS but I thought Bryant was "next man up"

[Chaos]

Just now, billybob71 said:

ok was starting to get nervous then i saw this

I feel like the Dolphins are the germans right after they bombed pearl harbor and we need our vengeance

 

[DrPJax]

9 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Man , that is so fluid and effortless for him.  It looks like he barely moves and the ball is going 30-40 yards (?) or more defying gravity. That much talent must feel different , invincible like.  So happy for once all this talent is piloting the Bills; if they can just reach the SB once , no telling what the confidence of a win could unleash.  Took some time for Kelly & all to get there , but then 4 in a row was set free. We need that final step ; why not ? Looking back on those old Bills teams , the only area they really were consistently better was their o line , with greats like Hull, Ballard, Fina, etc.  Give Josh a stable line and one more consistent wr , and it might be Pats like dynasty in the making. 

[Trock]

Just now, Chaos said:

I feel like the Dolphins are the germans right after they bombed pearl harbor and we need our vengeance

 

Time to nuke em and never forget what they did to us! Damn Germans!!

[jcamm1966]

Please no heart attack game please for once

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, jcamm1966 said:

Please no heart attack game please for once

 

That's a choice of phrase!

[Beck Water]

1 minute ago, DrPJax said:

Man , that is so fluid and effortless for him.  It looks like he barely moves and the ball is going 30-40 yards (?) or more defying gravity. That much talent must feel different , invincible like.  So happy for once all this talent is piloting the Bills; if they can just reach the SB once , no telling what the confidence of a win could unleash.  Took some time for Kelly & all to get there , but then 4 in a row was set free. We need that final step ; why not ? Looking back on those old Bills teams , the only area they really were consistently better was their o line , with greats like Hull, Ballard, Fina, etc.  Give Josh a stable line and one more consistent wr , and it might be Pats like dynasty in the making. 

 

It's interesting, I'm looking at that and seeing what Josh meant when he spoke of a tight throw to Diggs and says "I put both cheeks into it"

[Bangarang]

Regardless of the team or game, Bill Cowher will always say the running game is the key to a game. He’s so old school that it hurts

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

I want to see the baton passed here today….been long overdue on all fronts but 

start Cook

start Elam

 

don’t ever look back 

[BillsFan130]

18 minutes ago, VaMilBill said:

We are gonna need to run the ball well today to prevent the dolphins from getting into blitz heavy packages 

Screens would be nice as well but I don’t think we have ran a successful one since chan gailey

[Fan in Chicago]

Is McKenzie too injured to play or a borderline healthy scratch?

[Beck Water]

6 minutes ago, jcamm1966 said:

Please no heart attack game please for once

 

Here's the problem, after the Chargers went into halftime 27-7 and came out of the game with a loss, ANYTHING can be a heart attack game.

 

3 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Screens would be nice as well but I don’t think we have ran a successful one since chan gailey

 

Bubble screens we have.  John Brown.  Have run them this year to the RBs.

Edited January 15, 2023 by Beck Water

[Fan in Chicago]

1 minute ago, Bangarang said:

Regardless of the team or game, Bill Cowher will always say the running game is the key to a game. He’s so old school that it hurts

Imo, Bills go air raid for the first two series and try to put the Dolphins on the back foot from the very start. 

[Rockinon]

This is shaping up pretty well for the Bills. I'd like to see them get hot and with both Brown and Beasley practicing for the last couple of weeks, that very well could happen. Not really expecting a lot from those two, but they can take a good deal of pressure off of Diggs and Davis. Having them out there is more about what they can do for the team than what they can do individually. Plus, with that running game shaping up nicely over the last month, this could be an absolute blowout. Would be a great thing for this team. Get hot, Buffalo. Get HOT!

[Beck Water]

Just now, Fan in Chicago said:

Is McKenzie too injured to play or a borderline healthy scratch?

 

Given that he showed up on the Weds injury report "limited" with a hammie and DNP Thurs and Fri, I'm gonna go with "too injured to play effectively".

 

[Scott7975]

1 minute ago, Fan in Chicago said:

Is McKenzie too injured to play or a borderline healthy scratch?

 

All we know is that he has a hammie since Wed

[newcam2012]

Ok Bills fans today is the day we have bern waiting for. 

 

A few observations likely to occur today. I fully expect that Dolphins to get out of the gate with the lead. Bills have bern a slow starting team all year. Josh will be too amped up and miss easy throws. Davis drop is foreseeable. The Dolphins will be ready and their initial game plan will have the Bills scrambling. I'm thinking 7-0 or 10- 3 Dolphins early on.

 

Then the Bills talent takes over. Josh will find his groove and carve out that D. Going into halftime. The Bills will have the lead but not a blowout. I'd say Bills 20 Miami 13. 

 

The Bills come out and take care of business in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Bills 34 Dolphins 20. 

[Brand J]

Man, thought I just saw a #40 in blue run past the camera 🥺

[GunnerBill]

I am nervous..... I don't think we are going to lose but I am still nervous. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Keep playing defense