Bills at Chargers, Game Week Thread Sat. 8 pm on Peacock (7 pm for us Flyover Folks)

[Utah John]

1 minute ago, John from Riverside said:

I’m worried about the lag of the trip across the country like whenever they had to play overseas

That's always been a problem for the Bills, particularly playing late in the season.  Also it's a short week to begin with, not counting losing almost a full day with the flight.  I remain confident about this game but I do have nagging worries that those problems will start to bite.  It's so important that the offense gets some first downs early in the game, and if possible scores early, to keep the Chargers from any real hope of an upset.

[GottaRun]

41 minutes ago, Utah John said:

He was outside for over three hours in a cold rain, which for me is the worst condition.  I would much prefer 10 degrees and sunny, or 20 degrees and snowy.  The rain just soaks in and chills you to the bone.  I'd be surprised if a lot of guys didn't get something affecting their health.  

 

I was outside in it for 10 hours and I'm more than twice his age 😇    Kids today....

[BigAl2526]

46 minutes ago, Utah John said:

That's always been a problem for the Bills, particularly playing late in the season.  Also it's a short week to begin with, not counting losing almost a full day with the flight.  I remain confident about this game but I do have nagging worries that those problems will start to bite.  It's so important that the offense gets some first downs early in the game, and if possible scores early, to keep the Chargers from any real hope of an upset.

I would have set practices two hours later than usual and invited players to sleep in and stay up late.  Hopefully, Josh bought tickets to the game for everybody in Firebaugh.

Edited December 21, 2023 by BigAl2526

[stuvian]

roll on against Easton Stick

 

[VaMilBill]

1 hour ago, Utah John said:

That's always been a problem for the Bills, particularly playing late in the season.  Also it's a short week to begin with, not counting losing almost a full day with the flight.  I remain confident about this game but I do have nagging worries that those problems will start to bite.  It's so important that the offense gets some first downs early in the game, and if possible scores early, to keep the Chargers from any real hope of an upset.

I feel like it’s easier to go west and play than it is east. 

[HappyDays]

Chargers social media team wins again.

[Warcodered]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Chargers social media team wins again.

Chargers fans probably: But can they coach?

[gonzo1105]

Sounds like Keenan Allen isn’t going to play again 

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Utah John said:

He was outside for over three hours in a cold rain, which for me is the worst condition.  I would much prefer 10 degrees and sunny, or 20 degrees and snowy.  The rain just soaks in and chills you to the bone.  I'd be surprised if a lot of guys didn't get something affecting their health.  

 

There was a lot of talk about Peacock offering a free 7 day trial but if you go to their website there's nothing there about it.  Has anyone tried to sign up for it in the last couple of days?

 

I agree that cold rain is miserable, but the big misery is if you have to be standing around in it.  The players have warm capes and heated benches between downs and I believe the trainers hand out chicken soup.  So they'll stay warm while they're on the field, and then get a chance to get warm off the field.

 

So even though I'm 100% with you on preferring colder but sunny or snowy, I don't think it made anyone sick.  Getting some of the Cowboy plague-carriers norovirus laden spit on him during some of those "Snowplow" collectives more likely.

 

 

[wppete]

So we win and  2 of these 3 teams (Bengals, Texans, Colts)  lose we have a playoff spot? 

[Bills!Win!]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

So we win and  2 of these 3 teams (Bengals, Texans, Colts)  lose we have a playoff spot? 

We lose every tie breaker with just about every afc team because of our conference record is awful. We can only have 2 of the browns, bengals, texans and colts reach 10 wins for us to make the 7 seed.
 

If 3 of them reach 10 wins we need to be 11-6 which means the only way in is winning the division 

Edited December 21, 2023 by Bills!Win!

[Richard Noggin]

3 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

I would have set practices two hours later than usual and invited players to sleep in and stay up late.  Hopefully, Josh bought tickets to the game for everybody in Firebaugh.

Firebaugh REALLY far away from LA. 

 

Edit: I'm a dumb wrong idiot and it's basically a 5-hour drive...WITHOUT TRAFFIC lol. I'm still wrong, but the traffic

Edited December 21, 2023 by Richard Noggin

[DisplacedBillsFan]

I’m visiting family in San Diego and will be driving up to the game. Any recommendations for pre-game shenanigans?

[chongli]

Man, I just went over to the Chargers forum to see them dissing the Bills, and then report back here. But, the attitude there is resignation. In fact, they want to play their young guys and have them lose to improve their draft status. They said if the Raiders can hang 63 on them, imagine what Buffalo can do. The spread went from (-10) to (-12) for Buffalo, and one guy said he'd be all over than and give us even more at (-20)!

 

But this comment made me laugh:

 

"You know the season is in the books, when the pregame thread isnt stickied, lol..."

 

https://www.thepowderblues.com/forum/forum/los-angeles-chargers-forum-nfl-forum-padres-forum/the-los-angeles-chargers-forum/1592371-bills-at-chargers-10-pregame-discussion-wk-16

Edited December 21, 2023 by chongli

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

10 hours ago, HappyDays said:

Chargers social media team wins again.

To be fair that's pretty much all they win

[SoCal Deek]

9 hours ago, DisplacedBillsFan said:

I’m visiting family in San Diego and will be driving up to the game. Any recommendations for pre-game shenanigans?

I don’t think they use the word shenanigans much in Inglewood. 😉

[Einstein]

I need someone to slap me. I’m more nervous about this game than I was KC or Dallas. 

 

I was reading the Chargers forum and one Bolt fan made this comment: “When there is nothing on the line, this team tends to win”. 

 

Hopefully they have a beatdown from Buffalo on the line.

[LetzGoBuffalo]

Peacock will occasionally give free trials for a week as long as your can remember to cancel it after the game. Not sure if they are offering it right now but it's worth going to the website and checking!

[2003Contenders]

13 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

I would have set practices two hours later than usual and invited players to sleep in and stay up late.  Hopefully, Josh bought tickets to the game for everybody in Firebaugh.

Not too worried about the time issue as the Bills have mostly played later games this season.

 

Jet-lag, however, could be a bit of concern. No need to start this game sluggishly and allow an overwhelmed team (with a new interim  head coach) to build its confidence!

[fergie's ire]

10 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

We lose every tie breaker with just about every afc team because of our conference record is awful. We can only have 2 of the browns, bengals, texans and colts reach 10 wins for us to make the 7 seed.
 

If 3 of them reach 10 wins we need to be 11-6 which means the only way in is winning the division 

True, but the colts and Texans play each other so it is only possible for 3 of them to get to 11 wins.  So, we the simplest way is we just need the Bengals to lose and if we win out we are in.  Other possibilities are if Miami loses a game and we win the division or if Cleveland loses 2....or if the team that wins the Colts/Texans game loses a game before this.  Also, need to put Jaguars in the mix.  If they lose one more they'll have 7 losses which means the Colts/Texans winner gets the wild card (taking them out of the division).  I agree that we really want to have 11 wins, even if Miami wins the next two so that doesn't win us the division...but there are still a LOT of permutations.