1/19/25 Division Round Playoff GAMEDAY THREAD Bills vs. Ravens

[billsfanmd07]

22 minutes ago, VaMilBill said:

I do worry that after the horrific officiating in the chiefs game yesterday, if the nfl has talked to our games crew about not being nit-picky. Worried that they might have some bad no-calls today as a overreaction 

I always wonder when a coach will just snap. Like a Dan Campbell and take his team off the field, and refuse continue, like a Disney movie. I guess they will never uncover anything in writing or audio but its real. On one play the Redskins QB was shoved when he was 3 yards out of bounds and no one blinked. The calls against Mahommes were laughable.

[Let's Go Buffalo]

Game Day is here!!!!

[MJS]

12 minutes ago, Chaos said:

Stroud impressed last year.  And was solid yesterday against the Chiefs (more yards, no turnovers,  two very good WRs injured, fewer zebras on his team)
He regressed when Nico Collins got hurt.   I think Daniels has been more impressive, and Stroud never had a tour de force game like Daniels did yesterday. 

Stroud was dominant last year, including in big moments. He was not like that this year.

[WotAGuy]

13 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

Stern was terrified over COVID and never came out of his house. He’s a strange dude. 

Well, c’mon, look at the people he hangs out with. 

7 minutes ago, billsfanmd07 said:

I always wonder when a coach will just snap. Like a Dan Campbell and take his team off the field, and refuse continue, like a Disney movie. I guess they will never uncover anything in writing or audio but its real. On one play the Redskins QB was shoved when he was 3 yards out of bounds and no one blinked. The calls against Mahommes were laughable.

Hoping they change rules to allow obvious mistaken penalty calls to be overturned, like with ineligible receivers calls. 

[Motorin']

7 minutes ago, billsfanmd07 said:

I always wonder when a coach will just snap. Like a Dan Campbell and take his team off the field, and refuse continue, like a Disney movie. I guess they will never uncover anything in writing or audio but its real. On one play the Redskins QB was shoved when he was 3 yards out of bounds and no one blinked. The calls against Mahommes were laughable.

 

That was Wade Phillips against the Pats in the "just give it to them" game. 

[Low Positive]

36 minutes ago, rajinka said:

Today... today would be a good day for play action on first down.  We've ran on first down like 93% of the time (made up percentage,  feels legit though) open up the game with big play action to get them on their heels

39.9%

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/rushing-first-down-pct

[Process]

7 minutes ago, MJS said:

Stroud was dominant last year, including in big moments. He was not like that this year.

Stroud was awful vs every good team he played last year. Looks at his numbers vs the Ravens x2 and Jets (elite defense last year). 

 

People got excited because he threw 24 TDs vs the easiest schedule in NFL history.

[Fan boy '92]

4 hours ago, bills6969 said:

Nope, disagree.  We need to run the ball well. We need to be Balt’s offense off the field. Quick drives(even if we score) will put a ton of pressure on our D to stop them.

Right, keep their offense to 40 plays and Henry can freeze his azz off on the bench.

[Brand J]

Looking at the Ravens board, many are saying they were nervous about the Steelers game but confident about this one. They know it’ll be more of a battle than last time, but are fully confident they can win by 2 scores if they don’t turn the ball over or commit penalties. Lastly, if the Bills win they want us to go on and win the whole thing, they can’t stomach seeing KC or PHI atop the throne.

[dorquemada]

26 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Dumb 

 

I used to think anyone who said NFL games were fixed was an idiot.  I don't think that any more!    KC gets the calls when they need them most and anyone with >2 functioning neurons saw 2 extremely BS calls yesterday, both in KC's favor, both at critical moments.  The NFL is entertainment, not sports.

 

I'm not sure what that means for today's game.  I expect the larger audience would be happy with either Buffalo or Baltimore going to KC next week. 

[rajinka]

4 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

39.9%

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/rushing-first-down-pct

That just doesn't seem right at all. 

[mathja]

8 minutes ago, rajinka said:

That just doesn't seem right at all. 

72% of all statistics are made up on the spot. It’s 

[TheFunPolice]

The NFL is not rigged, but superstar QBs get extra protection.

 

Allen is also a superstar QB 

[Herc11]

3 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Dude, I live in California... I'm not even gonna be in the stadium.

 

Can you at least assign this to someone who's gonna be at the game?

 

You in the Fresno area? I'm in Clovis myself.

[jcamm1966]

2 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

The NFL is not rigged, but superstar QBs get extra protection.

 

Allen is also a superstar QB 

Agree but this is getting silly

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Amazing hit, but if Rapp tries that today you better get the ambulance ready.

 

Atwater hit him high at an angle.  The angle made a big impact.  Rapp could do the same

[MJS]

55 minutes ago, rajinka said:

Today... today would be a good day for play action on first down.  We've ran on first down like 93% of the time (made up percentage,  feels legit though) open up the game with big play action to get them on their heels

We really don't. That is a false narrative.

[RobbRiddick]

"I'm scared daddy"

 

"I know son, I can smell it"

 

[Low Positive]

You construct a roster to stop a modern NFL offense, and in order to get to the Super Bowl you have to somehow stop a combination of the '85 Bears and Navy.

[RobbRiddick]

29 minutes ago, billsfanmd07 said:

I always wonder when a coach will just snap. Like a Dan Campbell and take his team off the field, and refuse continue, like a Disney movie. I guess they will never uncover anything in writing or audio but its real. On one play the Redskins QB was shoved when he was 3 yards out of bounds and no one blinked. The calls against Mahommes were laughable.

This is the problem with football when compared to so many other sports. There are so many ways for a player to draw a penalty that one can be thrown on literally any play. A ref could throw a flag if he wanted to without seeing anything, then say "holding on player XX" and a replay might show that there was a borderline call. Same with pass interference, offensive pass interference, the list goes on. I think it's the fact that they just aren't consistent that people get so aggrieved. When it isn't consistent it makes them stand out as being thrown on purpose to help the team gaining the yardage.