Bills vs Ravens Divisional Round

[TH3]

6 hours ago, Special K said:

 

I have to respectfully disagree......there is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks that the Chiefs would be made home underdogs.....when the Bills beat the Ravens on Sunday, I don't think the Bills would be favored in KC either.

 

I am pretty sure the Bills were home favorites vs. the Chiefs last year....do you think that the Ravens deserve to be road favorites more than last years Chiefs team that was defending champions??

No team “deserves” to be a favorite and “the line” is an NOT actual number that “Vegas Sharpies” think is real. 
It’s a number that is adjusted to get the bets to be 50/50….thats all. 

Edited 9 hours ago by TH3

[stevewin]

7 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

Looked like the Steelers D had its share of guys making similar business decisions last week, and not even just later in the game. I thought Patrick Queen was downright avoiding contact on at least 2-3 impactful plays. Hamlin, and whoever is at DE opposite Rousseau, need to step up and fill their damned gaps/set their edge Sunday night. 

 

Hoping for a defensive gameplan similar to what the Bills did against the 49ers back in 2020, with some 5 DL/2 LB alignments. Those 2 LBs, Milano and Bernard, would be the lynchpins on those snaps. Have to correctly and quickly diagnose and get to depth (on passes and especially play-action) or get downhill (on runs). Maybe Smoot and Rousseau would rotate through DE and that 3rd DT spot, with Miller and Epenesa also aligning on the other edges.  

 

They had a little segment on inside the NFL going over Henry running all over the Steelers.  It was crazy watching Watt just crash into Henry at the mesh point every single time just ignoring where the ball was.  It was just crazy to watch.  Belichick was stunned, saying it's basic fundamental defense to watch the QB and the ball before committing.  They had other examples where guys just looked like they were on drugs.  Clark said reviewing the film he's never seen as bad of a performance by a team on run defense.  Have no idea what the Steelers were doing that game but 1) it gave a training video of what NOT to do and 2) I think it artificially boosted the 'unstoppable' narrative of the Ravens run game going into this game

[Fan in Chicago]

3 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I generally look forward to these but this one was a bit underwhelming. BB didnt really break down formations or strategies to combat, mostly stated the obvious

[Process]

7 hours ago, Special K said:

 

I have to respectfully disagree......there is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks that the Chiefs would be made home underdogs.....when the Bills beat the Ravens on Sunday, I don't think the Bills would be favored in KC either.

 

I am pretty sure the Bills were home favorites vs. the Chiefs last year....do you think that the Ravens deserve to be road favorites more than last years Chiefs team that was defending champions??

 

[YoloinOhio]

 

[boyst]

I wish we figured out Poona Ford on this. He would have been a help. 

5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

That dude was a good player but he's just running his homer mouth. 

[mjt328]

7 hours ago, Special K said:

Everyone bringing up that the Ravens blew out the Bills in week 4, but failing to mention 4 Defensive starters were not playing in that game.

 

Everyone trying to STEAL yet another MVP from Josh Allen and give it to Lamar for "reasons".

 

The absolute insult of a team that is 9-0 at home this year being a home underdog in a PLAYOFF game!!!!!

 

I'm angry as a fan......but if I was a player on the Bills, and my team was being disrespected by the above reasons, I would not just want to win this game, I would want to destroy them.

 

I hope the Bills use these slights as fuel, and play this game with an "out for blood" mentality.

 

They should be looking at the Ravens on the other sideline and thinking this:

 

(okay, maybe this goes too far🤣🤣)

 

 

Go Bills!!!!

 

The Ravens are admittedly a bad matchup for us.  I've been extremely nervous about meeting them in the playoffs since Week 4.

 

BUT the level of overconfidence and disrespect coming from that side (fans and media) is getting absolutely ridiculous.  There seemed to be more people giving the Broncos a chance to upset us last week, than giving us a chance to win this game.

 

We aren't talking about marching into Baltimore against an unstoppable 16-1 team that steamrolled everyone during the regular season.  We are talking about a team that lost 5 games this year, and was still fighting for their division in the last week.  We are the higher seed and playing at home.

 

I really hope our opponent is underestimating us this much.

 

[Big Turk]

7 hours ago, Special K said:

 

I have to respectfully disagree......there is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks that the Chiefs would be made home underdogs.....when the Bills beat the Ravens on Sunday, I don't think the Bills would be favored in KC either.

 

I am pretty sure the Bills were home favorites vs. the Chiefs last year....do you think that the Ravens deserve to be road favorites more than last years Chiefs team that was defending champions??

 

The Bills were home favorites...this is the first playoff game since the AFL days in 1967 against the Chiefs that they are home dogs 

[HOUSE]

43 minutes ago, TH3 said:

No team “deserves” to be a favorite and “the line” is an NOT actual number that “Vegas Sharpies” think is real. 
It’s a number that is adjusted to get the bets to be 50/50….thats all. 

Finally after 20 years, somebody gets it

[mjt328]

19 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

He's got a point.  

If we've learned anything from watching Josh Allen's career, it's that he's soft and doesn't like to get hit.

🤣

 

[Coffeesforclosers]

1 minute ago, mjt328 said:

 

He's got a point.  

If we've learned anything from watching Josh Allen's career, it's that he's soft and doesn't like to get hit.

🤣

 

 

I saw that and thought "Ed Reed tells everyone how to stop any QB who's ever played. Startling Insights".

[fergie's ire]

It does make it tough that both Henry and Lamar run the ball so well.  It can make it hard to scheme against them.  However, I am less worried about the Ravens running attack than almost everyone seems to be.  Whenever the Bills are going up against a great running attack there is much wringing of hands and saying "Oh no, we can't stop the run" and then more often than not, our defense does IF that is what they are keying on.  Yes, Henry ran a lot against us in the first matchup but I am not sure if the Bills came in keying on him as much as they should have.  Yes, he ran for 150 the week before but most thought that had more to do with Dallas (who couldn't stop ANYONE) than Henry who had 84 and 46 against the Raiders and Chiefs at that point.  I think of the Seattle game ("OH NO!! THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ALL OVER US!!) and the Detroit game (OH NO!! THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ALL OVER US!!) and many games in years past and it just didn't materialize.  That said, with Baltimore, I do worry if the Bills scheme for the run that they will kill us in the passing game, particularly to the tight ends.

[17islongenough]

31 minutes ago, Process said:

 

You can't post this you might trigger the Bengals fans 

[klos63]

5 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:

It does make it tough that both Henry and Lamar run the ball so well.  It can make it hard to scheme against them.  However, I am less worried about the Ravens running attack than almost everyone seems to be.  Whenever the Bills are going up against a great running attack there is much wringing of hands and saying "Oh no, we can't stop the run" and then more often than not, our defense does IF that is what they are keying on.  Yes, Henry ran a lot against us in the first matchup but I am not sure if the Bills came in keying on him as much as they should have.  Yes, he ran for 150 the week before but most thought that had more to do with Dallas (who couldn't stop ANYONE) than Henry who had 84 and 46 against the Raiders and Chiefs at that point.  I think of the Seattle game ("OH NO!! THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ALL OVER US!!) and the Detroit game (OH NO!! THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ALL OVER US!!) and many games in years past and it just didn't materialize.  That said, with Baltimore, I do worry if the Bills scheme for the run that they will kill us in the passing game, particularly to the tight ends.

Detroit didn't have to run,  they passed for 500 yards. 

[PaattMaann]

5 minutes ago, klos63 said:

Detroit didn't have to run,  they passed for 500 yards. 

 

loved how the defense played that game. 35-14 before any breakdowns happened the last quarter of that game. The 3rd and 17 play that resulted in the 60 yard TD pass to Amon Ra that started their "comeback" was millimeters away from being tipped/picked by Bernard and then that game finishes a complete blowout. 

 

If you think the defense didn't play good football for 3 quarters of that game and were impressed by how we shut down the best offense in football then I don't know what to tell ya

Edited 8 hours ago by PaattMaann

[fergie's ire]

3 minutes ago, klos63 said:

Detroit didn't have to run,  they passed for 500 yards. 

My point is that they had to pass for 500 yards because they couldn't run.  Look at all the discussion (on this board and in the media).  Detroit was a bad matchup because they were going to kill them with the run.  Bills took it away early and they got behind.  My concern with the Ravens is that the same thing will happen but without the falling behind part.

[T.E.]

1 hour ago, TH3 said:

No team “deserves” to be a favorite and “the line” is an NOT actual number that “Vegas Sharpies” think is real. 
It’s a number that is adjusted to get the bets to be 50/50….thats all. 

Sometimes. But sometimes, Vegas will gamble too if they are leaning strongly towards one team. They can set lines to bait bettors to one side like, for example, having the Bills open as favorites against Baltimore, which led to a lot of money being placed on the Ravens.

[finn]

18 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

 

He's got a point.  

If we've learned anything from watching Josh Allen's career, it's that he's soft and doesn't like to get hit.

🤣

 

It's like, what games are you watching, Reed? Allen has got to be the toughest QB in the league, along with Mayfield and Stafford. He's played all season with a broken hand and played two years ago with a bad throwing shoulder and didn't complain about either. Plus, show me a quarterback who is more willing to take the hit in order to make the throw downfield. 

 

The time is right for a Borat type to parody these "experts," claiming nonsense like Mahomes is a loser, Lamar is a statue, and, yes, Allen is soft. I wonder if people would even catch on. 

[mjt328]

16 hours ago, zow2 said:

Lamar said he's not going to wear a throwing glove this week.  He did it once and didn't like how it felt.  I'm saying he has no idea how his hand will feel on Sunday evening in that icebox.  Wasn't there a clip on Hard Knocks a few weeks ago where Lamar was complaining about the cold and it was like 35 degrees out. 

 

Weather has the potential to have a much bigger impact that people are giving it credit for.  Especially if Jackson has some trouble gripping or throwing the ball.

 

It's easy to say that weather favors the better running team.  But I'm not sure that's really the case.

What makes Baltimore especially dangerous is them being a dual threat.  You can't just focus on Jackson or Henry.  Anything that pushes them into being more one-dimensional is a huge win for us.

 

We already know that our QB can throw the ball fine in snow and heavy winds.  

 

[buffblue]

55 minutes ago, boyst said:

That dude was a good player but he's just running his homer mouth. 

Another reason why the Ravens historically have just been unlikeable. Ray Lewis, Bart Scott, Marcus Peters, et al. Their fan base is flat out arrogant and they think they are the greatest franchise in pro sports.

 

I'll be honest, and most Bills fans will probably disagree with me, but I dislike the Bengals/Ravens/Steelers much more than the Chiefs. And it's mostly because of the fans of those respective teams.