The Browns are doing their best to give the Bills higher seeding

[eball]

The Browns this season are the best example I’ve seen of why you can rarely mark a division game as an “easy win.”

 

I don’t think the Steelers are as good as their record but the Ravens are. 
 

The Bills’ last three games will not be a cakewalk, although I’m glad two are at home and it’s possible the Jests will have completely given up by then. 
 

[Mr. WEO]

4 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

They've been one, yes. Brandon Staley has been replaced by cheatin' Jim Harbaugh though.

 

They play D & run the ball. A pretty good QB as well. 

 

Great Defense, but they struggle to score---one game over 30 points.  they have beaten one  team currently with a winning record (6-5 Broncos).

[JP51]

3 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This is why saying "But we beat so and so and they lost to so and so" when talking about future  games is irrelevant.

 

The Browns have 3 wins.

 

-Baltimore

-Pittsburgh

-Jacksonville

 

Yet they lost to:

Saints

Raiders 

Giants

Cowboys

 

Their remaining schedule looks tough, but they can win any of them. 

 

Football is just that crazy.

They seem to have turned for the positive after massage man went out.

[DrBob806]

1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

Great Defense, but they struggle to score---one game over 30 points.  they have beaten one  team currently with a winning record (6-5 Broncos).

I could be wrong, but I think he's implementing a "learn how to win" mentality. 

 

Their WRs aren't as strong as year's past, McConkey is very good though. 

[hondo in seattle]

11 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

Browns will lose a lot more games BUT any wins will affect the playoffs.

 

at Broncos

at Steelers

Chiefs

at Bengals

Dolphins

at Ravens

 

 

 

When I was maybe 9 years old, growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo, I turned on the TV looking for cartoons when I came across a Bowns-Cowboys game.  It was the first football game I ever watched and since the Browns were losing by double-digits, I rooted for them.  Little kids always root for the underdogs.  Sure enough, the Browns staged a comeback and I became a devoted Browns fan even before I was a Bills fan.  

 

For years, I was a dual Browns-Bills fan until Modell betrayed Cleveland and moved the team away.  From that point on, I've been a monogamous, loyal Bills fan.

But I gotta say, I'm beginning to love the Browns again after they gave us Coop and beat the Ravens and Steelers.  And I'll be cheering them as enthusiastically as if I was a lifetime member of the Dawg Pound when they play Mahomes!  

[RunTheBall]

I don’t want to see Miami if they squeak into the playoffs at #7. They are going to win one flukey game against us and I don’t want it to be in the playoffs. My BBFS would come back so strong I’d have to be institutionalized. Give me Denver, Pitt, Indy, Chargers in the first round if we don’t get the #1 seed. I think the #1 is still in play. KC has a gimme against Carolina but not so sure they are the Chiefs of old who can just turn it on in the playoffs.

 

 

[ColoradoBills]

6 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

When I was maybe 9 years old, growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo, I turned on the TV looking for cartoons when I came across a Bowns-Cowboys game.  It was the first football game I ever watched and since the Browns were losing by double-digits, I rooted for them.  Little kids always root for the underdogs.  Sure enough, the Browns staged a comeback and I became a devoted Browns fan even before I was a Bills fan.  

 

For years, I was a dual Browns-Bills fan until Modell betrayed Cleveland and moved the team away.  From that point on, I've been a monogamous, loyal Bills fan.

But I gotta say, I'm beginning to love the Browns again after they gave us Coop and beat the Ravens and Steelers.  And I'll be cheering them as enthusiastically as if I was a lifetime member of the Dawg Pound when they play Mahomes!  

 

Not sure what year that would have been, but I remember when I was just starting to watch football (Bills of course),

I remember watching a lot of Cleveland games.  I'm not sure if it was because of the close proximity as to why they were on the TV so much.

This had to be the 1964 (or so) season.

I did not like the NFL being and AFL fan, but I too became a Cleveland fan when it came to the NFL.  

 

I feel for the fans and have no problem rooting for them when Watson is NOT the QB.

9 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

I don’t want to see Miami if they squeak into the playoffs at #7. They are going to win one flukey game against us and I don’t want it to be in the playoffs. My BBFS would come back so strong I’d have to be institutionalized. Give me Denver, Pitt, Indy, Chargers in the first round if we don’t get the #1 seed. I think the #1 is still in play. KC has a gimme against Carolina but not so sure they are the Chiefs of old who can just turn it on in the playoffs.

 

 

 

It is so funny.  So many on here fear the Bengals, others the Ravens and then there are the Dolphins.

I'm not going to worry about it like others.

This is NEW for me this year!  LOL.

[YattaOkasan]

2 hours ago, eball said:

The Browns this season are the best example I’ve seen of why you can rarely mark a division game as an “easy win.”

 

I don’t think the Steelers are as good as their record but the Ravens are. 
 

The Bills’ last three games will not be a cakewalk, although I’m glad two are at home and it’s possible the Jests will have completely given up by then. 
 

Hoping LV does a solid too and takes care of KC (after beating the Ravens in week 2).  A big Max Crosby game would be great and KC does have some trouble with TEs.

[hondo in seattle]

1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

Not sure what year that would have been, but I remember when I was just starting to watch football (Bills of course),

I remember watching a lot of Cleveland games.  I'm not sure if it was because of the close proximity as to why they were on the TV so much.

This had to be the 1964 (or so) season.

I did not like the NFL being and AFL fan, but I too became a Cleveland fan when it came to the NFL.  

 

I feel for the fans and have no problem rooting for them when Watson is NOT the QB.

 

It is so funny.  So many on here fear the Bengals, others the Ravens and then there are the Dolphins.

I'm not going to worry about it like others.

This is NEW for me this year!  LOL.

 

My Browns fandom started in (roughly) 1968 when the Browns were the best team in the Century Division and the Cowboys were the best team in the Capitol Division.  For youngsters who don't know, the Browns were one of three old NFL teams that moved to the AFC when the NFL and AFL merged in 1970.

 

I agree, I can't root for the Browns when Watson is under center.

[Kelly to Allen]

Our cousins across the lake have always loved buffalo and help us out. I love Cleveland 

[Dan]

2 hours ago, RunTheBall said:

I don’t want to see Miami if they squeak into the playoffs at #7. They are going to win one flukey game against us and I don’t want it to be in the playoffs. My BBFS would come back so strong I’d have to be institutionalized. Give me Denver, Pitt, Indy, Chargers in the first round if we don’t get the #1 seed. I think the #1 is still in play. KC has a gimme against Carolina but not so sure they are the Chiefs of old who can just turn it on in the playoffs.

 

 

Agreed.  I’d prefer Miami just go away.   The Ravens strengths are our weaknesses, so that is in many ways a tough matchup if it comes to it.   But the Dolphins have familiarity and lots of motivation.  I’d just prefer to not face them again.  

[zow2]

2 hours ago, RunTheBall said:

I don’t want to see Miami if they squeak into the playoffs at #7. They are going to win one flukey game against us and I don’t want it to be in the playoffs. My BBFS would come back so strong I’d have to be institutionalized. Give me Denver, Pitt, Indy, Chargers in the first round if we don’t get the #1 seed. I think the #1 is still in play. KC has a gimme against Carolina but not so sure they are the Chiefs of old who can just turn it on in the playoffs.

 

 

 

Yep, Miami is due to beat the Bills at some point in the near future and another team I'd hate to play for a different reason is Cincinnati.  So I hope both the Bengals and Fins are eliminated.  They should be.  I know if the Bills were sitting there with 6 or 7 losses right now, there's no way I would expect them to make it in.  I don't care what the schedule looks like.

[Robert Paulson]

8 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This is why saying "But we beat so and so and they lost to so and so" when talking about future  games is irrelevant.

 

The Browns have 3 wins.

 

-Baltimore

-Pittsburgh

-Jacksonville

 

Yet they lost to:

Saints

Raiders 

Giants

Cowboys

 

Their remaining schedule looks tough, but they can win any of them. 

 

Football is just that crazy.

they lost those games with the predator at QB. who knows what would have happened with the crab leg thief

 

[dollars 2 donuts]

 

 

They play for Winston and he plays for them.

 

 

[bigK14094]

Beating the Ravens after the beat down they gave the Bills would bring satisfaction to each team member and the coaches.

[HappyDays]

9 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I may live to regret this but, give me Pittsburgh in the playoffs. That’s as close to a bye as you’re getting. That offense, in that weather, can’t score enough if you take care of the football.

 

I'll take any team that is winning more with defense than offense right now. Pittsburgh, Denver, Chargers, I would even throw the Chiefs into that mix. Give me Allen and our fully healthy group of weapons versus any defense no matter how stout. Teams like the Ravens and Bengals scare me because they can drag you into a shootout and that becomes a coin flip.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 hour ago, Robert Paulson said:

they lost those games with the predator at QB. who knows what would have happened with the crab leg thief

 

People tend to forget, Winston is a predator as well. 

6 hours ago, JP51 said:

They seem to have turned for the positive after massage man went out.

They did the same last year

[That's No Moon]

10 hours ago, Ray Stonada said:

Lake Erie Solidarity

The blue-green algae is creating a hive mind.

[WotAGuy]

3 hours ago, Kelly to Allen said:

Our cousins across the lake have always loved buffalo and help us out. I love Cleveland 

I remember going to a playoff game in the 90s? and there were a bunch of Dawg Pound guys here for it.  I think it was when Modell did them dirty and Buffalo hosted the Browns fans to get their football fix. 

[eball]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

 

I'll take any team that is winning more with defense than offense right now. Pittsburgh, Denver, Chargers, I would even throw the Chiefs into that mix. Give me Allen and our fully healthy group of weapons versus any defense no matter how stout. Teams like the Ravens and Bengals scare me because they can drag you into a shootout and that becomes a coin flip.

 

I think I agree with this.  The Bungles in particular scare the bejesus out of me because I remember the game two playoffs ago.  Definite PTSD over that one.  The Ravens are dangerous but I throw out the earlier game this year…in our other McD/Harbaugh matchups we have fared well.

 

Of the other teams the Bolts have the best QB, and that’s always a concern, but dammit, these Bills are dangerous too.