Divisional Round, Ravens v. Bills, GAME BALLS!

[Captain Hindsight]

I’ll give a shout out to the Mafia. That stadium was absolutely rocking at times. Home field advantage showed up last night 

[BearNorth]

UB product Cam Lewis had a 91.6 PFF grade on 14 snaps playing in dime.  Twill be interesting to see if Rapp can't go against KC whether they start Bishop or Cam.  Esp with Kelce on the menu.

[Magox]

In a game where there hardly no explosive plays on offense there were players that made key plays for the Bills to win.  A big reason why the Bills didn't have a lot of yards is because they had the game under control for much of the game and Allen wasn't asked to do much.  With that said:

 

- Coach Babich and McD in installing a defensive game plan against the rush in the 1st half.  This is what led the Ravens to drop back and throw the ball more which led to costly turnovers.

- Ed Oliver was wreaking havoc against the rush and got some pass pressure

- Epenesa played excellent against the run and wasn't fooled when the Ravens went with 6 OL and the play call was for the OL to block and then go out to the flat for a pass and Epenesa wasn't fooled and that play ended in a sack by Rousseau which led to a FG attempt

- Milano beat his man on a blitz which led to Lamar throwing it earlier than he wanted to and led to a pick and then the great play where he tipped the two point conversion which ended up being huge

- Bernard was making tackles and got the big forced fumble and he recovered it.

- The offensive line did a good job in helping the team get 150 yards rushing against the #1 Rush defense in the league

- Damar Hamlin with the huge play on Lamar that led to the fumble.

- Josh Allen didn't make hardly any spectacular plays but he was efficient and didn't have any turnovers and did enough to be on the winning side (Oh and if Mark Andrews had caught that 2 point conversion he absolutely would have led the Bills to a victory)

Edited 19 hours ago by Magox

[NewEra]

The OL was great vs a very good run D.  
 

If there were one game ball I’d give it to them

 

McD and Babich next-  Henry having 16 rushes is a win

Edited 18 hours ago by NewEra

[TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th]

38 minutes ago, Magox said:

In a game where there hardly no explosive plays on offense there were players that made key plays for the Bills to win.  A big reason why the Bills didn't have a lot of yards is because they had the game under control for much of the game and Allen wasn't asked to do much.  With that said:

 

- Coach Babich and McD in installing a defensive game plan against the rush in the 1st half.  This is what led the Ravens to drop back and throw the ball more which led to costly turnovers.

- Ed Oliver was wreaking havoc against the rush and got some pass pressure

- Epenesa played excellent against the run and wasn't fooled when the Ravens went with 6 OL and the play call was for the OL to block and then go out to the flat for a pass and Epenesa wasn't fooled and that play ended in a sack by Rousseau which led to a FG attempt

- Milano beat his man on a blitz which led to Lamar throwing it earlier than he wanted to and led to a pick and then the great play where he tipped the two point conversion which ended up being huge

- Bernard was making tackles and got the big forced fumble and he recovered it.

- The offensive line did a good job in helping the team get 150 yards rushing against the #1 Rush defense in the league

- Damar Hamlin with the huge play on Lamar that led to the fumble.

- Josh Allen didn't make hardly any spectacular plays but he was efficient and didn't have any turnovers and did enough to be on the winning side (Oh and if Mark Andrews had caught that 2 point conversion he absolutely would have led the Bills to a victory)

Think you forgot bass...5/5 on kicks in those conditions and pressure is insane. Including a 50+ yard kick... If he misses that kick , which I'd guess 70%+ of the league would in that situation , the ravens would have had the ball down by 2 at their own 41 with 12 min left. 

Edited 18 hours ago by TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th

[T master]

38 minutes ago, Magox said:

In a game where there hardly no explosive plays on offense there were players that made key plays for the Bills to win.  A big reason why the Bills didn't have a lot of yards is because they had the game under control for much of the game and Allen wasn't asked to do much.  With that said:

 

- Coach Babich and McD in installing a defensive game plan against the rush in the 1st half.  This is what led the Ravens to drop back and throw the ball more which led to costly turnovers.

- Ed Oliver was wreaking havoc against the rush and got some pass pressure

- Epenesa played excellent against the run and wasn't fooled when the Ravens went with 6 OL and the play call was for the OL to block and then go out to the flat for a pass and Epenesa wasn't fooled and that play ended in a sack by Rousseau which led to a FG attempt

- Milano beat his man on a blitz which led to Lamar throwing it earlier than he wanted to and led to a pick and then the great play where he tipped the two point conversion which ended up being huge

- Bernard was making tackles and got the big forced fumble and he recovered it.

- The offensive line did a good job in helping the team get 150 yards rushing against the #1 Rush defense in the league

- Damar Hamlin with the huge play on Lamar that led to the fumble.

- Josh Allen didn't make hardly any spectacular plays but he was efficient and didn't have any turnovers and did enough to be on the winning side (Oh and if Mark Andrews had caught that 2 point conversion he absolutely would have led the Bills to a victory)

 

This is a awesome post !

 

But i'm feeling kind of light headed with all the atta boys for McD today i'm not sure how much of this i can stand, i may have to go lay down 🤕 .

 

But thanks for pointing it out !!! 

[Magox]

4 minutes ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

Think you forgot bass...5/5 on kicks in those conditions and pressure is insane. Including a 50+ yard kick... If he misses that kick , which I'd guess 70%+ of the league would in that situation , the ravens would have had the ball down by 2 at their own 41 with 12 min left. 

 

I totally forgot about Bass.   He deserves a game ball big time.   He was huge for the Bills

[Heavy Kevi]

4 minutes ago, NewEra said:

The OL was great vs a very good run D.  
 

If there were one game ball I’d give it to them

 

McD and Babich next-  Henry having 16 rushes is a win

 

Agree on all.

 

McD and Babich is an interesting case. It felt like the second half of the game was coached like there was only 2 mins left and they were holding on for dear life...

 

But at the end of the day you had to have stopped the run (or at least tried) and that's what they did 

 

It was ugly but a W against a bully of a team like B-more is really all that matters. I've complained plenty about coaching but yesterday's game just isn't the place and time.

 

Hope everybody remembers this was the team we didn't match up well against. The team that beat us up and took our lunch money earlier this year. If you kick the bully in the nuts to get away with a W, it still counts.

 

That all said, Philly is not entirely unlike the Ravens and I would prefer to play the rookie in SB if we get there. 

 

And we match up way better with the chiefs.

 

Let's remember this.... As much as we didn't want to play the ravens, we are that team for the chiefs. Chiefs fans were ravens fans yesterday. 

[hondo in seattle]

2 hours ago, Magox said:

In a game where there hardly no explosive plays on offense there were players that made key plays for the Bills to win.  A big reason why the Bills didn't have a lot of yards is because they had the game under control for much of the game and Allen wasn't asked to do much.  With that said:

 

- Coach Babich and McD in installing a defensive game plan against the rush in the 1st half.  This is what led the Ravens to drop back and throw the ball more which led to costly turnovers.

- Ed Oliver was wreaking havoc against the rush and got some pass pressure

- Epenesa played excellent against the run and wasn't fooled when the Ravens went with 6 OL and the play call was for the OL to block and then go out to the flat for a pass and Epenesa wasn't fooled and that play ended in a sack by Rousseau which led to a FG attempt

- Milano beat his man on a blitz which led to Lamar throwing it earlier than he wanted to and led to a pick and then the great play where he tipped the two point conversion which ended up being huge

- Bernard was making tackles and got the big forced fumble and he recovered it.

- The offensive line did a good job in helping the team get 150 yards rushing against the #1 Rush defense in the league

- Damar Hamlin with the huge play on Lamar that led to the fumble.

- Josh Allen didn't make hardly any spectacular plays but he was efficient and didn't have any turnovers and did enough to be on the winning side (Oh and if Mark Andrews had caught that 2 point conversion he absolutely would have led the Bills to a victory)

 

I don't disagree with anything you say but to see 6 defensive guys recognized in a game where we gave up 400+ yards and only a dropped pass stopped the Ravens from tying the game in the waning minutes seems a little much.  

 

Personally, the only defensive game balls I'd give out would be to the guys who created the TOs.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by hondo in seattle

[ganesh]

18 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

I don't disagree with anything you say but to see 6 defensive guys recognized in a game where we gave up 400+ yards and only a dropped pass stopped the Ravens from tying the game in the waning minutes seems a little much.  

 

Personally, the only defensive game balls I'd give out would be to the guys who created the TOs.

 

and Rosseau.  He dominated the line of scrimmage when he was playing

[ticketssince61]

Bills seem to be much improved w healthy milano

[Big Turk]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

The OL was great vs a very good run D.  
 

If there were one game ball I’d give it to them

 

McD and Babich next-  Henry having 16 rushes is a win

 

Names that we heard all the time in the first game...

 

Van Noy, Owen, Madabuike were very quiet yesterday. Not sure I heard the names called at all.

 

That's a credit to the Bills OLine...

 

Bills punched them in the mouth and just kept punching.

[NewEra]

I’d give another game ball to our DTs as well.  I thought Ed and Daquan played really well vs the run 

[ganesh]

16 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Names that we heard all the time in the first game...

 

Van Noy, Owen, Madabuike were very quiet yesterday. Not sure I heard the names called at all.

 

That's a credit to the Bills OLine...

 

Bills punched them in the mouth and just kept punching.

The OL was outstanding yesterday.  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Bumping this thread, since a newer one was unnecessarily started. 🤨

[Sojourner]

47 minutes ago, ganesh said:

and Rosseau.  He dominated the line of scrimmage when he was playing

DQ, Ed, Groot and Von all had very solid games. Even the other guys chipped in on the line. 
 

Their play in the first half was awesome to watch. Second half they got worn down and were on the field far too long and quickly to start it. 

 

47 minutes ago, ticketssince61 said:

Bills seem to be much improved w healthy milano

 

Groot best DLineman

Hamlin best DB

Milano best LB 

 

Actually think he was our best player on that whole unit yesterday. 

[UKBillFan]

This was a strange game, as everyone played decently but no one excelled.

 

Will go with...

Allen, Cook, Shakir

Bernard, Milano, Miller

Bass

[JerseyBills]

3 hours ago, NewEra said:

The OL was great vs a very good run D.  
 

If there were one game ball I’d give it to them

 

McD and Babich next-  Henry having 16 rushes is a win

They should be in the conversation for best OL in the game

 Been amazing all year

 

[nedboy7]

Bass

OL

Bernard

Milano

[Doc Brown]

Mine goes to Paul and Martha Andrews for conceiving Mark sometime in early December of 1994.