Best End of Season Scenario for Bills

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

A.)  Chiefs lose to Denver this week..Bills beat Colts, and the Chiefs the week later. Bills now #1 seed.  They play hard the rest of the season to keep #1 seed. Starters aren't rested. Players play through injuries. They get their 1st round bye and home field, but limp into playoffs health-wise.

 

B.) Bills lose to Chiefs who pretty much lock up #1 seed. Rest of AFC East continues to implode and Bills clinch very early. They will play at least one playoff game at home.  They rest a LOT of players, and given the time to heal, they enter the playoffs as healthy as they have been for playoff games in years.

C.) 1st round bye, no limp.

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

Best end of season scenario for Buffalo is being healthy and hitting their peak entering the post season.  If they have most of their starters, and are playing to their potential on both sides of the ball, I like their chances against anyone in the AFC.

and the NFC, too.  I can't see the Lions sustaining this much steam and energy by the end of the year.

 

It will be a good test in a month against them. Beyond them the Packers are a pretty complete team that are formidable.

[Ga boy]

I’d take a 1 or 2 seed.  If game 17 is to get 1 seed, go all in, otherwise rest everyone even if it means 3-4.  If Cooper is healthy and can play in cold weather, then we’ll be cookin’.  Has he had big games in those conditions?  

[Allen2Moulds]

37 minutes ago, Virgil said:

Whatever scenario results in the Ravens and Chiefs meeting in the playoffs and we only have to play one of them

Agree with this and would like to make one minor request, for the Bengals to also miss the playoffs.

 

The way McD runs his team, I expect us to grind it out, all the way through week 18 with the mantra if getting better every week.  That's just his style.  It would need to be that we are locked in seeding wise, and week 18 is completely meaningless, in order for McD to sit starters. In my opinion of course. 

[msw2112]

I realize it's a cliché, but all the BILLS should think about this week is beating the Colts on Sunday.  They need to go 1-0 this weekend.  Then on to the next game.  That said, I realize that this is a message board where people are free to express their opinions and debate topics and FANS looking ahead on the schedule doesn't harm the team at all....

Edited November 8 by msw2112

[dma0034]

I mean the best probable scenario is the Bills finish as the 2 seed and play the trash #7 seed (hopefully the Broncos or Jets). The Ravens beat the #4 seed Texans and the Bengals lose to the #3 seed Steelers. THen you get Ravens @ Chiefs and Steelers @ Bills. Let the Ravens and Chiefs battle it out. Bills beat the Steelers and the winner of those two and play in the Superbowl. 

[Mr. WEO]

resting players is a fools game---ask Tony Dungy.

[BuffaloBill]

1 hour ago, DaVinci said:

Get the 2 seed. Loose in Divisional round. Trust the Process and " We will learn from this"

 

Talk about pissing in the cereal bowl.

[DaVinci]

Just now, BuffaloBill said:

Talk about pissing in the cereal bowl.

Defense mechanism

[Rich Stadium Original]

1 minute ago, Mr. WEO said:

resting players is a fools game---ask Tony Dungy.

See what you are trying to say, but there is also a difference between "rest" and letting injuries heal.

[Mr. WEO]

17 minutes ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

See what you are trying to say, but there is also a difference between "rest" and letting injuries heal.

 

every team has banged up/injured players in January. "resting your starters" typically isn't used to describe letting injured players heal.  it's simply giving everyone a game or 2 off before the playoffs.

[paulmm3]

Byes and home field advantage in the playoffs are very important if the last six years of Bills playoffs have taught me anything.

[Steptide]

I'm probably in the minority here, and Ofcourse I hope I'm wrong, but this isn't the bills team I expect to do much in the playoffs. I mean, beat kc, the lions and rams, and maybe I'll change my tune, but I just don't see this current roster being the team that gets us there 🤷

[Captain Hindsight]

4 hours ago, GolfandBills said:

Lost me at Denver beating the chiefs 

I mean, it would be shocking. But the Chiefs have to be one of the worst undefeated teams I've ever seen. They remind me of the 2020 Steelers. They started 11-0 and then lost 4 of their last 5 (including to the Bills) then got blown out in the playoffs.

 

Their first loss that season was to a Washington team that was 4-7-1 at that point.

 

Flawed teams eventually get exposed 

[LABILLBACKER]

5 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Best end of season scenario for Buffalo is being healthy and hitting their peak entering the post season.  If they have most of their starters, and are playing to their potential on both sides of the ball, I like their chances against anyone in the AFC.

Thank you!...for me the objective moves from the 1 or 2 seed to entering the playoffs as healthy as humanly possible. Home field for us is no longer this great advantage it once was. Rest injured players and load manage as much as possible. Heal up Cooper, Coleman, Carter, Samuel, Milano and any other starter dinged up. We've basically got the division wrapped up barring a historic meltdown. Enter the playoffs more healthy than these previous 2 seasons. Do that, and I love our chances. 

[BullBuchanan]

Best case?

Win the Division, beat C tier playoff teams like The Broncos/Colts/Chargers/Steelers and get handled by Baltimore or KC in the AFCCG.

[Matt_In_NH]

My favorite ending is when the Bills win the SB

4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

They beat them last year.  Every once in awhile, the Broncos do something amazing like beating the Chiefs and the Bills last year.

They also beat the Bills last year

[machine gun kelly]

3 hours ago, Ga boy said:

I’d take a 1 or 2 seed.  If game 17 is to get 1 seed, go all in, otherwise rest everyone even if it means 3-4.  If Cooper is healthy and can play in cold weather, then we’ll be cookin’.  Has he had big games in those conditions?  

 

You do know he played in Cleveland in the cold against the AFCN, and in the NFCE against the Eagles, Giants, and Washington.

 

He’s a 10 year pro.

For me best case scenario is the #1 seed as they’ll have byes in week 12 and 19 after the season.

 

[Big Turk]

6 hours ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

So what IS the best end of season scenario for the Bills going forward:

 

A.)  Chiefs lose to Denver this week..Bills beat Colts, and the Chiefs the week later. Bills now #1 seed.  They play hard the rest of the season to keep #1 seed. Starters aren't rested. Players play through injuries. They get their 1st round bye and home field, but limp into playoffs health-wise.

 

B.) Bills lose to Chiefs who pretty much lock up #1 seed. Rest of AFC East continues to implode and Bills clinch very early. They will play at least one playoff game at home.  They rest a LOT of players, and given the time to heal, they enter the playoffs as healthy as they have been for playoff games in years.

 

Probably good arguments for either scenario.

 

Irrelevant.  The only BEST scenario that matters is them winning the Super Bowl. Everything up to that is meaningless.

[nedboy7]

I think the Donkeys will beat the chefs. But I’ve been saying this every week.