Anyone else feel the Bills would have given the Eagles a much better game?

[JK Fan]

The Bills offense may have fared better against the Eagles but our defense would have been shredded by the Eagle offense.  Eagles still win and I say by double digits.  Fix that defensive line Brandon.  The Eagles are the model.

[Bruffalo]

I think there's some D3 college teams that would have given us a better games than whatever Mahomes was doing out there. 

[TheWei44]

We would have done better than the Chiefs, but at best, it would have been a coin flip/down to the wire type of game.  In my view, the Eagles are a better, more well rounded version of the Ravens.  Not a great matchup for us, and we'd need some breaks.  But there's no way our O line would have been shredded, and I think we'd be more committed to running the ball/slowing the game down.

[PayDaBill$]

9 hours ago, clayboy54 said:

I totally agree on the oline. However, we likely would have had the same issues Cook & Co. had against the chiefs. It would’ve been air it out Josh for 4 quarters. We could never stopped Barkley so it might’ve become a shootout. It would’ve been a fun game to watch, imo.

Cook didn’t have any issues with KC.  He didn’t get the ball enough IMO. 6.5 yards per carry 16 yards per catch, 2 TD’s…

[wjag]

I'm firmly in the camp that the Bills would have gotten throttled with a capital T.  Eagles secondary would have stuck to our zero separation receivers like pine tar.  That Eagles pass rush accomplised that with zero blitzes.  If Allen had time to throw, it might have been a game, but let's call it people, that defense that annihilated, humilated, pummeled the Chiefs last night was shock and awe.  I don't even think the great Tom Brady could have weathered that storm.

Edited 17 hours ago by wjag

[nedboy7]

Yes. damar and Bishop would have dominated the Eagles. 

[PromoTheRobot]

9 hours ago, DapperCam said:

We probably would have lost on a game winning FG as time expired. I guess it’s a matter of opinion if that’s less awful.

 

I think we would have scored a TD or two in the first half. We would not have beaten the Eagles.

8 hours ago, gobills404 said:

Just like we were no match for the ravens, right?

 

You forget the Ravens gave us three turnovers and dropped crucial passes. That tipped the game.

[albanyfan]

There’d have been a good chance of the Bills losing to the fourth team in the NFC-east in a Super Bowl….but maybe not.

[yall]

1 hour ago, Metal Man said:

 

Well technically you'd have to throw the Cardinals in there as well seeing they were a part of that division for the first 4 Super Bowl losses.

 

😈😁

True. I also don't doubt we'd find a way to lose to them in the following year.

 

Funny because the wife and I were just having that discussion the other day about who was the fifth team in the NFC East back in the day. Couldn't for the life of us. Remember it.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

26 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

Uh, nope.

 

KC was vulnerable all year but remained the AFC's best.

 

Philly- very good with nasty trench guys, a very complete team.

The best team in the AFC (and this is coming from a Lamar hater) were the Ravens. Hands down. I would be absolutely furious if I was a fan. Had they made it past the Bills, they would’ve annihilated the Chiefs, and absolutely gave the Eagles a run for their money if not Win altogether. I think another factor to the Bills losing the AFCC besides the crap calls was playing the Ravens the week before. That is the definition of a physical football team. The Chiefs were not supposed to make it to the SB and were rightfully exposed as frauds. They benefited from BS calls up until the AFCC game. Refs/NFL knew that their credibility was at stake. This is what happens when u call a fair game. KC has less talent than the Bills. Reid, Jones, and Bolton are all pro bowlers, but their defense is very mid aside from them. They don’t have one All- Pro caliber player other than Mahomes on offense. Kelce is washed. 

[WillSaints81]

9 hours ago, stevestojan said:

Our defense sucked at the biggest times. Philly would have destroyed the bills. No one was beating them today. 

I think one team would have beaten the Bills because they had already gotten their best game in the regular season. 

[Georgia Bill]

I hate to say it but in hindsight I'm now glad the Bills didn't advance to the Super Bowl.  That Eagles team was not going to let anyone stand between them and the Lombardi.  When the Allen led Bills get to their first Super Bowl the team needs to be solid in all phases and they need to win.  If they get there and lose it will be very hard to get the "Bills can't win a Super Bowl" monkey off their back.

 

Thinking you can just have an offense that is so good you can boat race anyone just doesn't cut it for me because there is too great of a chance of ending up on the short end of the stick.  Normally I'm 100% in on the "you can't win it if you don't get there" train, but I just don't think we were ready this year on defense, even when everyone was healthy. 

 

With all that said I think we had a great season and exceeded expectations.  And yes, I think we would have done better than the Chiefs but losing with a better showing would not have made any of us feel better.   Go Bills!

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, Georgia Bill said:

I hate to say it but in hindsight I'm now glad the Bills didn't advance to the Super Bowl.  That Eagles team was not going to let anyone stand between them and the Lombardi.  When the Allen led Bills get to their first Super Bowl the team needs to be solid in all phases and they need to win.  If they get there and lose it will be very hard to get the "Bills can't win a Super Bowl" monkey off their back.

 

Thinking you can just have an offense that is so good you can boat race anyone just doesn't cut it for me because there is too great of a chance of ending up on the short end of the stick.  Normally I'm 100% in on the "you can't win it if you don't get there" train, but I just don't think we were ready this year on defense, even when everyone was healthy. 

 

With all that said I think we had a great season and exceeded expectations.  And yes, I think we would have done better than the Chiefs but losing with a better showing would not have made any of us feel better.   Go Bills!

 

Beane and McDermott need to change the way they build their defense. These less physical type of defenses may work against lesser opponents. But against the top teams especially ones who play a physical brand of football they will struggle. If not for the turnovers they would have lost to the Ravens. Think Ravens, Eagles, Steelers as examples of how they should build the defense.

[corta765]

Bills would've been closer because Josh would go superman mode and his mobility would've kept it a game. Josh is also weird and doesn't mind contact whereas Mahomes can get shaken by it.

But honestly the Bills probably still lose 30-23 or something like that where its "close" but a game with way too many what ifs/Eagles talent and coaching beats us. I just see the Bills chasing and never get past being tied at best.

[harmonkillebrew]

I liked the matchup.

We could have used our King Henry gameplay on Saquon and limited the Eagles passing attack.

And I think our stronger Oline and run game would have neutralized the Eagles' D.  KC's O coughed up basically 14 points in the first half on turnovers. I don't see Josh doing that.

 

But the Eagles came to play. That was a bit of a surprise. They're a better team than I realized. 

[Albwan]

no

[Livinginthepast]

It really surprised me how a great defensive game plan could not just hamper Mahomes but completely neutralize him. Obviously the Eagles have a  greater talent on the D line than we do or did Fangio really work wonders with the group he had and the scheme? In addition, their defensive backs were on the Chiefs receivers the whole game. Both were glaring failures for the Bills vs KC . 

[SF Bills Fan]

The Bills would have played a better game but still lost. I could see us losing 37-24 but our points would have been consistent and not all at the end in garbage time. Baltimore and Bengals all would have lost as well. The  Eagles were the top team all year. People were bought into the Chiefs aura and the Lions love. The Chiefs were not the top team from the AFC and last night the smoke machine ran out and the mirrors all got cracked. 

[GerstAusGosheim]

11 hours ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

We would get our butts handed to us, too.

 

Sean's pathetic D would have been destroyed, no doubt. And Saquon Barkley would have been the MVP.

[DrDawkinstein]

I didnt watch any of the game, but what I'm seeing today just confirmed what I was worried about when the Bills were still in it. The Eagles were a force and ready to bully anyone that stood in their way.

 

The Bills/Josh might have fared a bit better, but it still would have been a bad day in Bills Land. And the only headline about the Bills would be about us finishing our cycle of losing Super Bowls to every team in the NFC East.