Who do you want in round 1?

[BillsFan130]

2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Not Cincy.  

Burrow can go blow for blow with Allen and prevail because he has Chase and Higgins

 

if their defense had a good game, we’d be in big trouble

they are insane. Burrow is the hottest and most confident player in football right now

 

Chase and Higgins would destroy this team like Kupp and Nacua did. Plus they have the TE from Miami who plays well against us. The matchup is awful for us IMO

Yep- For me it's pretty simple:

 

1. Burrow is playing the best football of his career 

 

2. Burrow in 2 games and a quarter against the bills has absolutely shredded the bills defence

 

3. The bills defence is much worse now than in years past when we played Cinci 

 

So why people want to face Cincinnati is beyond me lol

Edited Thursday at 01:01 AM by BillsFan130

[Sojourner]

2 hours ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

You Burrow Bengals people kill me. You'd think they were 16-0. They probably won't even make playoffs.

Im not a huge fan and feel that team isn’t that great collectively. They have some solid players across the board on both sides of the field but it doesn’t seem to come together like years past. I’d rather skip them than any other team. 
 

If they get their ground game rolling, you’re in trouble more than Lamar & the Raven and like @Warriorspikes51 said above, if their defense has a good game it might seal the deal. In terms of passing, Burrow is in elite territory. Partly because he’s had to be but the execution still has to take place. 

I’d pick Josh and the gang over any team but opponent wise, Cinci and Baltimore are a no thanks. 
 

Ironically, we may have to play them both lol

Edited Thursday at 01:13 AM by Sojourner

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

43 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Yep- For me it's pretty simple:

 

1. Burrow is playing the best football of his career 

 

2. Burrow in 2 games and a quarter against the bills has absolutely shredded the bills defence

 

3. The bills defence is much worse now than in years past when we played Cinci 

 

So why people want to face Cincinnati is beyond me lol

We won't

[EmotionallyUnstable]

KC would be wise to let the Broncos cake walk them week 18 and guarantee one fewer elite QB and offense could potentially make their way to KC in the divisional round. 

[BillsFan130]

30 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

We won't

I don't think so either. But my point is I'm not sure why some people would wish to face Cinci 

[Gman10]

11 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

I don't think so either. But my point is I'm not sure why some people would wish to face Cinci 

Because if you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best

[BillsFan130]

44 minutes ago, Gman10 said:

Because if you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best

How many championships has New England/KC won, by getting byes and then playing an average team in the 2nd round?

The end game is the Super Bowl. Playing Cincinnati makes that harder to achieve 

[Gman10]

1 hour ago, BillsFan130 said:

How many championships has New England/KC won, by getting byes and then playing an average team in the 2nd round?

The end game is the Super Bowl. Playing Cincinnati makes that harder to achieve 

Do you think teams like KC or Pats ever worried who they played? Of course not. They know to win the SB you gotta beat any teams in its path. If we can't beat the Bengals we surely will struggle with Ravens and whoever else we come across from the NFC. Lions, Vikings, Eagles etc.

 

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

2 hours ago, Gman10 said:

Because if you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best

Nope. You need to win four games. Nobody cares who you beat if you win it all

[Ethan in Cleveland]

15 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

Yep- For me it's pretty simple:

 

1. Burrow is playing the best football of his career 

 

2. Burrow in 2 games and a quarter against the bills has absolutely shredded the bills defence

 

3. The bills defence is much worse now than in years past when we played Cinci 

 

So why people want to face Cincinnati is beyond me lol

You forget Cinci has to play defense too. They are putrid on defense.

 

McDermott's Achilles heel has always been physical teams. Honestly KC is one of the best matchups in the AFC. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and LA all have tough physical trams with tough coaches. Those are the real challenges. 

 

It's going to be Denver in the first round anyways

[psuscott16]

3 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

You forget Cinci has to play defense too. They are putrid on defense.

 

McDermott's Achilles heel has always been physical teams. Honestly KC is one of the best matchups in the AFC. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and LA all have tough physical trams with tough coaches. Those are the real challenges. 

 

It's going to be Denver in the first round anyways

Hoping if Pitt or LA plays KC after 25ish days off it will take KC some time to match their physical toughness. I could easily see one of them jumping on KC after that much time off. Maybes it's a wish more than anything lol 

[Dillenger4]

5 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

You forget Cinci has to play defense too. They are putrid on defense.

 

McDermott's Achilles heel has always been physical teams. Honestly KC is one of the best matchups in the AFC. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and LA all have tough physical trams with tough coaches. Those are the real challenges. 

 

It's going to be Denver in the first round anyways

Big percentage is that we play Miami.

Denver might lose to KC with Wentz starting. Wentz will play hard as he wants to get a win. So Denver out.

Miami wins and they are in. They hold the tie breaker over Cincy.

So it's either Denver or Miami that we face (assuming Miami wins).

[Gregg]

14 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:

Big percentage is that we play Miami.

Denver might lose to KC with Wentz starting. Wentz will play hard as he wants to get a win. So Denver out.

Miami wins and they are in. They hold the tie breaker over Cincy.

So it's either Denver or Miami that we face (assuming Miami wins).

 

I would be shocked if Denver who needs the game loses at home to the Chiefs backups. Anything can happen but I am pretty confident it will be the Broncos at Bills on WC weekend.

Edited Thursday at 04:34 PM by Gregg

[Dillenger4]

12 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I would be shocked if Denver who needs the game loses at home to the Chiefs backups. Anything can happen but I am pretty confident it will be the Broncos at Bills on WC weekend.

I don't hate that idea at all. Denver, with a rookie QB, would be the "easiest" opponent. But something tells me Denver will lose and Miami wins. Who knows... we will see. Go Bills!

[BillsFan130]

57 minutes ago, Gman10 said:

Do you think teams like KC or Pats ever worried who they played? Of course not. They know to win the SB you gotta beat any teams in its path. If we can't beat the Bengals we surely will struggle with Ravens and whoever else we come across from the NFC. Lions, Vikings, Eagles etc.

 

 

I never said worried, but i guarantee they had a preference to who they played. 
 

Not necessarily though- It's a week to week and matchup league. In 2022 bengals struggled beating Tyler Huntley and then went on to crush the Bills.  
 

KC and NE didn't always have to "beat the best", which is what you originally said to be a champ.

 

Most of the time it was a 1st round bye, then someone like Jacksonville, Cleveland or Tim Tebow one year lol.

 

Point being is it's not ideal to have the toughest possible road to the Super Bowl . You want the most favourable schedule, to put the odds more in your favour . And in the bills case, it would be avoiding Cinci for round 1

 

 

Edited Thursday at 04:52 PM by BillsFan130

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

44 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:

Big percentage is that we play Miami.

Denver might lose to KC with Wentz starting. Wentz will play hard as he wants to get a win. So Denver out.

Miami wins and they are in. They hold the tie breaker over Cincy.

So it's either Denver or Miami that we face (assuming Miami wins).

 

I assume Hollywood Brown will get a little run on offense just to get situated.  But no mahomes.  No kelce.  No Worthy. No Humphrey.  No Thuney.  No smith. No Pacheco. 

 

Defense: no chris jones.  Probably no mcduffie. I'd be shocked if Bolton played much.  Same with Karlaftis.  

 

Backups have beaten teams in similar scenarios.  I just see a denver team with a pretty good pass rush, a QB who is not good under pressure, and an offensive line that was struggling considerably before the move of Thuney to LT - who won't be playing.  I think it'll be a blowout tbh. 

 

Even buffalo over miami a few years ago, we were playing for seeding and allen played the whole first half.  Steelers buffalo is the big one that people call out.  

• Willie parker drive in the 4th was the killer.
• Each team had a defensive score.  There's was brutal as it put them up 9 in the 4th quarter.
• Buffalo moved the ball better in the 2nd half as Pitt rested starters.
• Lindell missed a 28 yard field goal on 4th and 1.  Just a total wimp call by Mularkey.
• As much as you want to blame the defense in that one: Pitt had 15 first downs, 262 yards, 3 turnovers and scored 22 points.  

[TheFunPolice]

2 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

How many championships has New England/KC won, by getting byes and then playing an average team in the 2nd round?

The end game is the Super Bowl. Playing Cincinnati makes that harder to achieve 

 

one playoff run NE had the #1 seed and this is who they had to beat to get to the Super Bowl:

 

Titans with Mariotta at QB and Mike Mularkey as HC

Jaguars with Blake Bortles at QB and Doug Marrone as HC 

 

It's hard to imagine an easier path in recent memory. 

 

 

[psuscott16]

Broncos have a tough defense and a superbowl winning coach. I won't expect an easy game from them. 

[C.Biscuit97]

The only team that would concern me are the Bengals. Big, physical teams are our weakness. Miami will be forever soft and dies in the cold. Denver isn’t a great running team and Nix needs to prove he isn’t more than a dink and dunker in cold weather (of course it was 60 last Sunday).  

3 minutes ago, psuscott16 said:

Broncos have a tough defense and a superbowl winning coach. I won't expect an easy game from them. 

Payton is severely overrated and their defense has been showing cracks lately. That would be an all time awful loss 

[Real McClappy]

Miami at home in January = Please sign me up

 

I initially voted for the Broncos but will take Miami hands down now after thinking about it more.

Edited Thursday at 07:42 PM by Real McClappy