UPDATED!!! Sunday Jan 5th Up to the minute NFL Playoff Picture and Scenarios

[Beck Water]

11 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Just curious, can somebody brief me if TBD already switched from being scared of Cincy to being scared of unstoppable Broncos?

 

 Too soon to tell.  I think some of us are just making the point stop shivering your Timbers over the Bengals and being grateful we don’t play them, it’s the playoffs.

[Toledo Bill]

9 minutes ago, agilen said:

Denver doesn’t have a run game

Which is a huge factor and would generally benefit the Bills. Of course, they could gave career running games against our defense.

[Turbo44]

Funny thing is jets are fcking their draft pick position today too. Neither NYJ nor NE know how to win and neither apparently know how to lose either lol

[Aussie Joe]

Just now, Beck Water said:

 

 Too soon to tell.  I think some of us are just making the point stop shivering your Timbers over the Bengals and being grateful we don’t play them, it’s the playoffs.

I think some people must have thought the Bills were gunna get the Jags or Raiders first up …

 

 

[Blank Stare]

I love that it’s looking like the Ravens are drawing the Steelers in round 1. Steelers have looked like pushovers lately, but they’ll get up for that game. Division games are always strange. 

[bills6969]

Line is already out on DK Bills -7.5

[BuffaloBaumer]

Miami was always going to be the only easy out. I still would play Denver over Cincinnati because Burrow really would have carved up our defense and forced Allen to be superhuman.

[saundena]

9 minutes ago, pennstate10 said:

If there is one thing McDermott is great at, it’s defending against rookie QBs

Not against the Patriots this year.  

[H2o]

Now that we know we're playing Denver, these are the keys to the game. 

 

1. Protect JA. That Denver DL ain't no joke.

 

2. Discipline on defense. Don't fall for the motions and stick with your assignment. 

 

3. Interior pressure on Nix. If we can push the pocket with Oliver, Carter, Phillips, and Jones then I like our chances to force Nix into some bad throws. 

[Doc Brown]

7 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Right.  It’s basically scar tissue from two years ago IMO.  News flash, the Bengals aren’t the same team as they were two years ago.

 

We’re in the playoffs with at least 2 games at home, bring on Whoever.  I would say Denver looks more formidable based on D ranking and run game as well as a dual threat QB who is hard to contain, but as you say.  It’s playoffs so ***** everyone in our way.  

Strongly disagree.  They still have Burrow, Chase, and Higgins.  I saw them go down to the wire with Baltimore twice, the Chargers, and the Chiefs earlier in the year.  They ended the year with five straight wins. 

 

I think all the Broncos seven losses were against teams with a winning record.  Nix looks great against the Chiefs backups but let's see how he does in a hostile stadium in Orchard Park.  I like my chances against a rookie QB.

[HappyDays]

Such a perfect opponent for the wildcard round. Just don't let a rookie QB playing in cold weather beat you. Vegas knows.

[TheWei44]

13 minutes ago, Blank Stare said:

I love that it’s looking like the Ravens are drawing the Steelers in round 1. Steelers have looked like pushovers lately, but they’ll get up for that game. Division games are always strange. 

And also I like how the Steelers made a game of it last night and almost pulled out a win.  Let's hope for a very physical bloodbath!

[Einstein's Dog]

5 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Strongly disagree.  They still have Burrow, Chase, and Higgins.  I saw them go down to the wire with Baltimore twice, the Chargers, and the Chiefs earlier in the year.  They ended the year with five straight wins. 

 

I think all the Broncos seven losses were against teams with a winning record.  Nix looks great against the Chiefs backups but let's see how he does in a hostile stadium in Orchard Park.  I like my chances against a rookie QB.

I think in one way our losing to the Rams was a blessing in disguise.  If the Bills had won, then KC would have needed this game and played their starters and probably won -giving us Cincy in the first round.

[Boatdrinks]

13 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

Miami was always going to be the only easy out. I still would play Denver over Cincinnati because Burrow really would have carved up our defense and forced Allen to be superhuman.

Miami was definitely my preferred matchup , but they were realistically the most fringe playoff team of the 3 to get in. 

[JimBob2232]

Von Miller going to be licking his chops...

[Casey D]

Denver is a fine first round opponent.  No baggage,  Rookie QB.

[NyQuil]

It's funny how much everything broke the Bengals way over the last four weeks.

 

Except for one game today. LOL.

[Doc Brown]

4 minutes ago, TheWei44 said:

And also I like how the Steelers made a game of it last night and almost pulled out a win.  Let's hope for a very physical bloodbath!

Last time they won a playoff game Josh Allen was a sophomore at Wyoming. 

[DapperCam]

Our path to the Super Bowl is now clear.

 

vs DEN

vs PIT

vs LAC

[RiotAct]

11 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Such a perfect opponent for the wildcard round. Just don't let a rookie QB playing in cold weather beat you. Vegas knows.

the high temp keeps going up for next Sunday 😡