The Bills are Going to Miss the Playoffs

[DapperCam]

The more I look at it, the more I'm pretty sure we are going to miss the playoffs.

 

10-7 might make the wild card (also could miss on a tie breaker). So we have 3 losses left we can take. Here is our remaining schedule:

 

Denver - *Should* be a comfortable win
Jets - Already beat us once. Jets D has Allen's number.
@ Philly - 8-1 and Super Bowl team
@ KC - 7-2 and Super Bowl winners
Dallas - 5-3 team, very tough defense
@ Chargers - West coast road trips are rough, team has similar talent to Bills
Pats - Well, we just lost to them, so we can probably lose to them again
@ Miami - 6-3 team, we were able to beat them once (with a fully healthy defense though)

 

Games we should definitely win:

- Denver

Games that are toss ups:

- Chargers

- Jets

- Pats

- Miami

Games where the other team should be favored:

- Philly

- KC

- Dallas

Not a lot of room for error here! 😬😬😬😬😬

Edited November 6, 2023 by DapperCam

[Bills fan since 87]

Yeah.  And we already have 2 division losses and 3 conference losses overall..

[Johnnycage46]

Just now, DapperCam said:

The more I look at it, the more I'm pretty sure we are going to miss the playoffs.

 

10-7 might make the wild card (also could miss on a tie breaker). So we have 4 losses left we can take. Here is our remaining schedule:

 

Tampa - Thursday Night Football is weird and sloppy. Tampa is better than the Pats and the Giants.
@ Cinci - Bengals had our number last year, they haven't played great so far
Denver - *Should* be a comfortable win
Jets - Already beat us once. Jets D has Allen's number.
@ Philly - 5-1 and Super Bowl team
@ KC - 5-1 and Super Bowl winners
Dallas - 4-2 team, very tough defense
@ Chargers - West coast road trips are rough, team has similar talent to Bills
Pats - Well, we just lost to them, so we can probably lose to them again
@ Miami - 5-1 team, we were able to beat them once (with a fully healthy defense though)

 

Games we should definitely win:
- Tampa

- Denver

Games that are toss ups:
- Cinci

- Chargers

- Jets

- Pats

- Miami

Games where the other team should be favored:

- Philly

- KC

- Dallas

Not a lot of room for error here! 😬😬😬😬😬

Yes. To get to 10 wins we can only lose 4 more.  That's a tall task with this roster and coaching staff right now. Honestly, if the game with next week I wouldn't trust the Bills to beat Denver.  For real.

[HurlyBurly51]

Well, given what we've seen Tyrod and Mac freakin' Jones do to this D, wonder what Burrow, Mahomes, Hurts, Herbert, Dak, and Tua are gonna do!  Hell, even Baker will probably have a day!

[BuffaloBillyG]

19 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

The more I look at it, the more I'm pretty sure we are going to miss the playoffs.

 

10-7 might make the wild card (also could miss on a tie breaker). So we have 4 losses left we can take. Here is our remaining schedule:

 

Tampa - Thursday Night Football is weird and sloppy. Tampa is better than the Pats and the Giants.
@ Cinci - Bengals had our number last year, they haven't played great so far
Denver - *Should* be a comfortable win
Jets - Already beat us once. Jets D has Allen's number.
@ Philly - 5-1 and Super Bowl team
@ KC - 5-1 and Super Bowl winners
Dallas - 4-2 team, very tough defense
@ Chargers - West coast road trips are rough, team has similar talent to Bills
Pats - Well, we just lost to them, so we can probably lose to them again
@ Miami - 5-1 team, we were able to beat them once (with a fully healthy defense though)

 

Games we should definitely win:
- Tampa

- Denver

Games that are toss ups:
- Cinci

- Chargers

- Jets

- Pats

- Miami

Games where the other team should be favored:

- Philly

- KC

- Dallas

Not a lot of room for error here! 😬😬😬😬😬

I would say definitely the Bengals but also possible the Chargers are favored. Even best case scenario, I'm struggling to see 6 wins there to get to 10 unless something drastically different happens and soon.

[kkim0904]

I still say we have 60- 70% chance of making the playoff.  I lowered the expectation of the team reaching the conference final to wild card.  I am not upset anymore after the lowering the bar.

[Baba Booey]

No shot they make the playoffs. Mc D has taken us as far as he can. Time has come!!!

[Philly McButterpants]

We’ve played arguably two of the worst teams in the league the last two weeks. One we walked out a victory and lost the other. 

 

Insert Jim Mora meme here. We ain’t going to no playoffs without a drastic turnaround. 

[Chugga]

Maybe I’m an optimist but I think we can win our next 4 games and then split the last 6.  IF and only IF there is a major overhaul on offense or a come to Jesus meeting in an attempt to find an identity.  If we prance out the same jet lagged team we have the last 3 weeks then yeah no chance at the playoffs.

[BADOLBILZ]

 

If they can get that 7th seed I can see a fairly winnable road path thru Jacksonville/KC/Miami to a SB...........which is doable if they can add a WR1B soon.

[Dablitzkrieg]

Obviously they are.  

[PayDaBill$]

Phins Cincy and Bolts on the road I’d move us to the underdog column.

 

We should beat TB Denver NE @ home. 

 

Unfortunately (unless we see a dramatic improvement) the way we’re playing I think we have a legit uphill battle to finish better than 500 imo.

Edited October 22, 2023 by PayDaBill$

[No_Matter_What]

Just 3 weeks ago we beat almighty Dolphins by 28 points.

 

Now, after 3 games bad stretch, the sky is falling.

 

The overreaction today is really something else. Sometimes I wonder if some of you are watching their first season or what. Did SB winners always look unbeatable in W5-W7?

[Baba Booey]

The most honest thing someone has said on here in a long time. We have no shot!!

[Rc2catch]

Well dang. Any chance you’ve seen the lotto numbers in the crystal ball? 

[strive_for_five_guy]

If we can’t go 6-4 or better the rest of the way, we don’t deserve to be in the playoffs.  No way we’d then win four in a row anyway.

[Radar]

24 minutes ago, HurlyBurly51 said:

Well, given what we've seen Tyrod and Mac freakin' Jones do to this D, wonder what Burrow, Mahomes, Hurts, Herbert, Dak, and Tua are gonna do!  Hell, even Baker will probably have a day!

I've been saying for years in spite of stats this defense is not all that great particularly in critical situations like must stops to protect a lead. Maybe one of the worst secondaries in the league. Our offense is Diggs and Allen for the.most part and a coordinator unable to make the most of what talent he has. We just managed to lose to a very bad team. One good game this whole season so far.

[stevestojan]

Would anyone want to see this current Bills team play against another playoff team? 
 

That would be ugly. 

[HurlyBurly51]

2 minutes ago, stevestojan said:

Would anyone want to see this current Bills team play against another playoff team? 
 

That would be ugly. 

Take a look at the remaining schedule.

[zow2]

1 hour ago, DapperCam said:

The more I look at it, the more I'm pretty sure we are going to miss the playoffs.

Not a lot of room for error here! 😬😬😬😬😬

 

If that’s the case, let’s trade Josh to get the assets for the #1 overall pick.  Draft Caleb Williams, Fire McDermott and bring in Lincoln Riley as head coach or whichever hot offensive coordinator fits.