Steelers @ Bills. Monday, January 15th at 4:30pm.

[Beck Water]

5 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

We’ll miss Davis.  Big part of the run game and weather is supposed to be rough.  I’m worried he may have an ACL.

 

His agent updated it's a PCL sprain.

[SCBills]

43 minutes ago, GottaRun said:

I don't think people are scared of the Steelers but I do think we are scared of the Bills, a team good enough to beat everybody, a team that can be bad enough to lose to everybody.   My thinking is this, as a team the Bills are gelling at the right time, and it's a team game, someone is going to make the big play at the crucial time.  No reason why this can't be our year.   

This.  
 

Last night was only close because the Bills were beating the Bills. 
 

It’s a common theme in our losses.  
 

Factor in a typically gritty Pittsburgh team and I get the worry in a one game scenario. 
 

However, if the Bills button up and stop with the landslide of mind-numbing mistakes, they should beat them pretty easily … regardless of the weather. 
 

But that’s nowhere close to a given with our QB and team.  

[zow2]

Josh needs to calm down a bit to start the Playoffs.  It's probably on Brady to help here.  Some solid running plays, mixed with some nice underneath stuff to Shakir, Diggs and Kincaid.  Don't have to get crazy.  Ball security is huge.  

[Pokebball]

5 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Josh needs to calm down a bit to start the Playoffs.  It's probably on Brady to help here.  Some solid running plays, mixed with some nice underneath stuff to Shakir, Diggs and Kincaid.  Don't have to get crazy.  Ball security is huge.  

I've always thought about the ratio of good Josh to bad Josh. For discussion sake, lets assume it's 2 to1. If you remove one bad Josh, do you remove 2 good Joshes? Obviously, we'd like to see the elimination of bad Joshes without any impact on good Joshes. Is that possible?

[Augie]

19 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

His agent updated it's a PCL sprain.

 

Sorry if I missed it, but do we know how severe and how much time it takes? 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Sorry if I missed it, but do we know how severe and how much time it takes? 

I've read mild strains are 10 days. Grade 1's.

 

Grade 2 are 2-4 weeks. 

 

They said it's not considered serious, but there is no more detail than that. 

 

 

[billsfan_34]

5 hours ago, Einstein said:

It’s officially playoff week!

 

TJ Watt, the Steelers best player, is NOT expected to play.

 

 

For the Bills:

- Rasul Douglas left the game with a knee, but was seen celebrating in the locker room. Could be he was simply removed from the game due to an abundance of caution. 

 

- Ty Johnson is in the concussion protocal.

- We don’t know much about Gabe yet.

 

- Dodson is a probable AC joint sprain according to BangedupBills on Twitter.

 

- Dawkins said his finger almost FELL OFF. I don’t know if that’s hyperbole or not, but we all saw the blood.

 

 

We need Ty back. Dude is really a good back that runs tough.

[Airseven]

Single biggest factor in this matchup is Watt. Stroke of luck if he can't go.

[oldmanfan]

40 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

His agent updated it's a PCL sprain.

Saw that.  Glad to hear.

[zow2]

27 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

I've always thought about the ratio of good Josh to bad Josh. For discussion sake, lets assume it's 2 to1. If you remove one bad Josh, do you remove 2 good Joshes? Obviously, we'd like to see the elimination of bad Joshes without any impact on good Joshes. Is that possible?

 

Yeah i know what you mean.  He probably just needs to refrain from throwing off his back foot while backpedaling blindly to the end zone.. Just stuff like that.  Live to fight another down and/or just take the FG's.  

[78thealltimegreat]

The weakness of the Steelers is their secondary plays can be made on them. If the Bills play a clean game the Steelers simply can't beat them. It’s pretty much that simple.

Steelers will run a ton of Cover Zero and try to get the ball out of Josh’s hands quickly Kincaid and Shakir should have big games in that setting. 

[Success]

2 minutes ago, zow2 said:

 

Yeah i know what you mean.  He probably just needs to refrain from throwing off his back foot while backpedaling blindly to the end zone.. Just stuff like that.  Live to fight another down and/or just take the FG's.  

 

Wasn't the 2nd INT yesterday more of the back foot one?  Watching that replay, that one didn't bother me a bit.  If he throws it away there, Miami gets better field position.

 

The 1st INT was weird - seemed like more of a miscommunication w/ the WR, but that was more on JA (imo).

 

[Mango]

1 hour ago, njbuff said:

Kinda ironic that with all the 8pm and 4:25pm games the Bills played this year........

 

The Bills start the playoffs Sunday at 1pm.

I thought this would be our spot if we won. Buffalo v Pitt is probably the least compelling matchup on the slate. 
 

On the flip side if we won I thought we’d going back to Miami for the Monday night game which I would have absolutely hated. 

[CincyBillsFan]

39 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

I've always thought about the ratio of good Josh to bad Josh. For discussion sake, lets assume it's 2 to1. If you remove one bad Josh, do you remove 2 good Joshes? Obviously, we'd like to see the elimination of bad Joshes without any impact on good Joshes. Is that possible?

I think it's more like 5 to 1.  And how do I know this? First the eye test, then his stats but most importantly his record over the last 4 seasons where he has been an elite level QB. 

 

IMO the goal of the Bills franchise should be to understand what Allen is, stop trying to change him fundamentally like they did this off season and just tweak his strengths and weaknesses.  And this first involves surrounding him with the type of talent that compliments his style of play.

 

 

2 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

My point is that Watt is the biggest reason their D is so good.   Don't sleep on how important Watt is.

That is what comparing him to the other D players is all about.  You go on with your opinions and I will with mine. 

I believe the Steeler's are 1 - 10 when Watt is not playing.

 

 

[DrBob806]

5 hours ago, DapperCam said:

This is the type of game where we really shouldn’t need Allen to play hero ball (sometimes it is needed).

 

Run the ball well, hit some intermediate routes. Don’t turn it over, and trust your defense to stop Mason Rudolph in bad weather.

Yeah, the weather may dictate quite a lot. You'd think it would be "advantage Bills" simply due to the dual threat of JA. It's tough to run on Pittsburgh, but I think the Bills can if they stay patient.

 

Rudolph's downfield passing ability has helped open up Pitt's running game. Well if it's windy, that hurts Pitt quite a bit. 

 

Probably a low scoring slugfest. Whomever gets to 17 points 1st wins it.

[Simon]

11 minutes ago, Success said:

Wasn't the 2nd INT yesterday more of the back foot one?

 

He was on a dead sprint to his right on the deep INT.

The INT in the red zone, he was backpedaling with 4 guys bearing down on him from multiple angles.

[BananaB]

Just give Allen time to throw and this game will be a breeze. A quick safe option when they all out blitz would be nice as well. Teams have been causing some problems the last few games sending everyone

[Billsfanatic8989]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

Josh needs to calm down a bit to start the Playoffs.  It's probably on Brady to help here.  Some solid running plays, mixed with some nice underneath stuff to Shakir, Diggs and Kincaid.  Don't have to get crazy.  Ball security is huge.  

 

Maybe the organization needs to bring in a QB coach or something. But we won't win a SB when the opponent has the luxury of getting two free possessions/scores in big games. The turnovers have got to stop or we are done. 

 

 

 

 

[Hsker4life]

45 minutes ago, Airseven said:

Single biggest factor in this matchup is Watt. Stroke of luck if he can't go.

He won’t be able to go. No way, no how.

[Goin Breakdown]

1 hour ago, Pokebball said:

I've always thought about the ratio of good Josh to bad Josh. For discussion sake, lets assume it's 2 to1. If you remove one bad Josh, do you remove 2 good Joshes? Obviously, we'd like to see the elimination of bad Joshes without any impact on good Joshes. Is that possible?

I'm not sure it is. If tye Johnson catches that ball doesn't get whacked in the helmet and gets into the end zone then today we're talking about that play as being one of the plays that only Josh can make. But since it didn't work out it's shame on josh and he should have thrown to the sidelines. I'll admit I was upset about that play and wished we had at least 3 pts there. Thinking back in it I know I'd be super excited and proud of josh more having confidence and guys too. It's cuts both ways for me as fair or unfair as that is.