Bills vs Ravens Divisional Round

[Scott7975]

5 hours ago, jaybeezee said:

Cold affects both teams, but it will affect them more imo. We just cant come out believing that they wont be prepared for it. Their goal is to hit us in the mouth early and cruise with runs by Henry, their FB and Lamar to burn clock. 

 

We just have to hit them hard, early and often to make them second guess playing that smash mouth style that they are accustomed to. Get a 2- score cushion and dont play the soft zone once we do get a lead.

 

I dont personally believe that they are going to run heavy in the beginning. They know that we are hyper focused on stopping the run, so they are going to go pass heavy early. 

 

Worse for them than the cold is our crowd if they are into it. Ravens take a lot of penalties. Hopefully our crowd helps them take some presnap penalties this week. Some bad snaps, fumbled balls. Our crowd can help do all of that.

5 hours ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

 

Baltimore was doing their best to acclimate. It was 33 in Maryland and they were practicing with the field house doors wide open and fans blowing the cold in.

 

Shame for them it will be Carhartt Thermals+Ski Mask and Hat Cold up here.

 

scuba suit is also a good form of protection. 

[Scott7975]

5 hours ago, Steptide said:

The field isn't heated is it?! 

 

I think people might confuse it with our new stadium which will have a heated field.

[TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th]

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I think people might confuse it with our new stadium which will have a heated field.

Let them think it is 😆 

[Wraith]

21 minutes ago, MarkMiller said:

what .. what if … what if we install lights with extra radiation?!

Heat lamps are a thing. 

[jaybeezee]

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Worse for them than the cold is our crowd if they are into it. Ravens take a lot of penalties. Hopefully our crowd helps them take some presnap penalties this week. Some bad snaps, fumbled balls. Our crowd can help do all of that.

 

scuba suit is also a good form of protection. 

With that kind of Cold, I am positive that it will affect our guys as well. Offense and defense.

[freddyjj]

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I think people might confuse it with our new stadium which will have a heated field.

Coach Horton is misinformed and an optimist at heart I guess, so good for him and his ST players.  It should be duly noted that the Bills do, in fact,  provide heated benches for the opposition to sit on while Josh and the boys go up and down the field on their way to a 3 score winning differential.

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

3 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

I don't think you take Damar out for Dorian.  Not meaning to dunk on Dorian but I think he is still "progressing" in learning his role as an off-ball LB and asking him to learn to be a safety would be a "Bridge too Far".

 

As I commented in another thread, against NE in the 2nd game a couple years back, the Bills started taking out a CB (Dane Jackson) and substituting Siran Neal in a kind of variant of a "dime" defense.  Jackson was 5 11 and 180 lbs, Neal was 6 ft 206 lbs and could bring the wood.  He was also said by a fast WR to be "the fastest guy on the Bills roster".  Neal was the backup nickel as well as the dime back, and they had him playing on the boundary some in training camp, so they could bring him in for more "Umph" in the backfield without losing too much in pass coverage. 

 

And it worked.

 

I'm not sure if the Bills 1) have a guy on the roster right now who can fill that role though, or 2)  if it's a need with this lineup.  Rasul Douglas and Christian Benford are both 6'1", 6'2" 210 lb ish CBs.  As long as they bring it and don't make "career decisions" we should be OK.

It's possible we see Bishop instead of Hamlin.  

I hear you. I wasn't so much thinking Williams is trying to play safety. More like they are playing a 4-3 with 3 CB's and 1 safety in the defensive backfield. Probably a lot of man defense. Obviously this is only when the Ravens are in a clear running formation. 

 

I recall the Siran Neal usage example. 

 

Note: I know almost nothing about the X's and O's...I have just watched football for coming up on 5 decades so it's truly a fat guy on his couch opinion here. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Bob Chandler's Hands

[Scott7975]

4 hours ago, Success said:

I wonder if we'll get a shirtless Fitz again.

 

That image from the Pats game really embodies what it means to be a Buffalo Bills fan.

 

 

He already said he is.

[Scott7975]

3 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

Chance of snow and potential lake effect snow has entered the forecast for Sunday/Sunday night...chances up to 50% now.

 

 

I heard the Philly game was also going to be cold and could get upwards of 6 feet of snow. Could have changed as I heard that two days ago.

[4merper4mer]

8 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I heard the Philly game was also going to be cold and could get upwards of 6 feet of snow. Could have changed as I heard that two days ago.

Feet?

[BananaB]

21 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

I hear you. I wasn't so much thinking Williams is trying to play safety. More like they are playing a 4-3 with 3 CB's and 1 safety in the defensive backfield. Probably a lot of man defense. Obviously this is only when the Ravens are in a clear running formation. 

 

I recall the Siran Neal usage example. 

 

Note: I know almost nothing about the X's and O's...I have just watched football for coming up on 5 decades so it's truly a fat guy on his couch opinion here. 

Don’t sell yourself short, I’d rather your opinion then the so called experts running their mouth on TV every week. 

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, CaseyatBat said:

ok well I disagree, I think the goal should be to shut him down better and not expect that he’s gonna have an easy 4yards per carry day.

25 carries and he has a 100 yard day. Bills will lose if Henry goes over 100 IMO

 

But I don’t think the Bills will!

 

 

You realize that having 4 yards per carry doesnt literally mean he is getting 4 yards every time he touches the ball. He could break one for 60 yards and then get stuffed the rest of the game.

[RichRiderBills]

What was the temp during the 17 to 3 game in 2020? I thought it was cold that night too. 

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

 

Lol there is no chance he is playing. Nice try Harbaugh.

[Boatdrinks]

1 minute ago, RichRiderBills said:

What was the temp during the 17 to 3 game in 2020? I thought it was cold that night too. 

Was a very cold night but wind was a bigger factor in that game. 

[Toledo Bill]

1 hour ago, MikePJ76 said:

He brings the fight and the attitude this team needs this week.

 

i hope he starts a fight early and mixes it up.  Let the self proclaimed bullies know it’s a fight.  

Let him and Brown tag team someone.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Schopp and Bulldog just had Jeremy Conn on from Baltimore.

 

And I guess it should come as no surprise that he couldn’t come up with anything unique to say.

 

Couldn’t provide any meaningful analysis other than the Ravens have really good players. 

[RichRiderBills]

3 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

You realize that having 4 yards per carry doesnt literally mean he is getting 4 yards every time he touches the ball. He could break one for 60 yards and then get stuffed the rest of the game.

 

As an example Cook averaged 4.3 ypc in the week 4 game.  

[YoloinOhio]

McDermott looks pissed off 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I heard the Philly game was also going to be cold and could get upwards of 6 feet of snow. Could have changed as I heard that two days ago.

Stafford is going to retire at halftime 

[Scott7975]

9 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Feet?

 

In Philly. Thats what I heard two days ago. Probably changed since then. I dunno. I heard it on one of the sports shows and not a weather station so /shrug.