Buffalo Bills Week 13: Bills (7-4) v. Pats (7-4)

[misterchainsaw]

All this “no one should be worried about New England because they x/y/z” is ignoring the fact that they are winning, have one of, if not the best coaches ever, and seem to always just be a thorn in the side no matter what personnel they have.

At the start of the year I wasn’t overly worried about them. Now though? Yeah if we don’t stop our Jekyll and Hyde routine, we could be in trouble in our games against them.

One can complain about New England's offense style all they want, and how little they ask Jones to do, but the fact is they score on a high percentage of their offensive possessions, don't turn the ball over, and have a great - not good - pass defense. That's a recipe for success. Add in the couple of bizarre calls you know they're going to get every game from the stripes and they're a very dangerous team.

Hell if the Browns beat the Ravens they're going to be the AFC's #1 seed entering next week. Maybe that will be good for us the way this season has gone.

 

[Waterfowlist]

I mean this is great for the bills if they win next week. The 1 seed is legitimately in play now.

win next week and you’re in the driver seat, especially if The browns miraculously win.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Granted, the AFC has been drunk this entire year, so some teams could unexpectedly slip, but it really feels like we're gonna have to win the east to get in. Hopefully Tampa wakes up. I'm rooting for TEN because I think we'll split with NE.

Still ****ing disgusted that we lost to this sorry-ass steelers team week 1.

11-6 will make the playoffs without a doubt, regardless of where the Pats finish. The AFC North/West still play a ton of games against each other so 10-7 should be good too, although we'll need some help there. They get to 11-6 by winning just one of the three NE/TB games and taking care of business everywhere else.

Obviously I'd rather win out (which very well could get us the 1 seed) or at least sweep the Pats, but there's other paths.

 

[kirby11]

All this “no one should be worried about New England because they x/y/z” is ignoring the fact that they are winning, have one of, if not the best coaches ever, and seem to always just be a thorn in the side no matter what personnel they have.

At the start of the year I wasn’t overly worried about them. Now though? Yeah if we don’t stop our Jekyll and Hyde routine, we could be in trouble in our games against them.

NE teams rarely beat themselves. We've done it a bunch this season.

 

[Waterfowlist]

Is New England winning games? Sure. Are they winning in a sustainable way? Maybe, but I’m not convinced. Their way of winning works in the regular season against average competition.

what are their impressive wins? All I have is the chargers win by 3. Blowing out the inconsistent browns is not impressive.

Plenty of teams win a lot of games but are frauds.


Again, I’m not saying they are a bad team, I just don’t believe they are a #1 seed quality team.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Really wish Fornette would have gone down there, but that is likely Indy's 6th loss right there with NE still on the schedule.

Indy with a big return, that's why Fornette should have gone down.

 

[Uberpecker]

Does anybody actually like Tom Brady? I mean as a person. He seems like the kind of guy that doesn't have friends, only cheerleaders.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Is New England winning games? Sure. Are they winning in a sustainable way? Maybe, but I’m not convinced. Their way of winning works in the regular season against average competition.

what are their impressive wins? All I have is the chargers win by 3. Blowing out the inconsistent browns is not impressive.

Plenty of teams win a lot of games but are frauds.


Again, I’m not saying they are a bad team, I just don’t believe they are a #1 seed quality team.

Unfortunately, the same can be said about us this year.

 

[OkimLom]

Is New England winning games? Sure. Are they winning in a sustainable way? Maybe, but I’m not convinced. Their way of winning works in the regular season against average competition.

what are their impressive wins? All I have is the chargers win by 3. Blowing out the inconsistent browns is not impressive.

Plenty of teams win a lot of games but are frauds.


Again, I’m not saying they are a bad team, I just don’t believe they are a #1 seed quality team.

I wish we can say this about Buffalo.

Unfortunately Buffalo has been the biggest fraud this season. Their defense has choked vs quality competition, the offense has had maybe one good game vs a quality defense, maybe.

NE has the makeup of a team to sweep Buffalo quite easily.

 

[EmeraldCitySabre]

I wish we can say this about Buffalo.

Unfortunately Buffalo has been the biggest fraud this season. Their defense has choked vs quality competition, the offense has had maybe one good game vs a quality defense, maybe.

NE has the makeup of a team to sweep Buffalo quite easily.

Sorry, but that last sentence is just absurd. NE beats a Titans team that was without their MVP RB and Pro Bowl WR, and now their going to "sweep Buffalo quite easily"? Las Vegas still thinks the Bills are the AFC's best team, after they take care of the Pats next week, everyone else will agree.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I wish we can say this about Buffalo.

Unfortunately Buffalo has been the biggest fraud this season. Their defense has choked vs quality competition, the offense has had maybe one good game vs a quality defense, maybe.

NE has the makeup of a team to sweep Buffalo quite easily.

 

[Mike McDermott]

My Rock Bottom | By Jordan Poyer

 

[tsujimoto74]

I wish we can say this about Buffalo.

Unfortunately Buffalo has been the biggest fraud this season. Their defense has choked vs quality competition, the offense has had maybe one good game vs a quality defense, maybe.

NE has the makeup of a team to sweep Buffalo quite easily.

What a terrible take. The Bills defense has been elite in all but exactly 1 game. The Bills are #1 in the NFL in points scored and #2 in points allowed.

I'm sorry if you were expecting "Bills by a billion" to be the literal outcome of each game this season, but that's a problem with your expectations, not the team.

 

[kirby11]

No one in the AFC is good

 

[Mike McDermott]

Man the end of the half in this Baltimore/Cleveland game is just mistake after mistake.

 

[kirby11]

I don't think they will, but I hope the Browns set $40M or so on fire by giving it to Baker

 

[Zach716]

Lamar sure can throw the ball. To the other team.

 

[kirby11]

Lamar looks absolutely lost right now

 

[Dirty Dog]

I don't think they will, but I hope the Browns set $40M or so on fire by giving it to Baker

same with ravens. Fingers crossed

 

[Uberpecker]

The way this Lamar vs. Baker duel has been going so far, you have to feel good about having Josh as your QB.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Both the Browns and Ravens with the football rn:

 

[tsujimoto74]

That might be the worst throw I've ever seen end with a completion. Insane catch.

 

[EichHart]

Patriots are the best team in AFC imo, I'll be at game next Monday to hopefully send them off with a big L.

 

[Uberpecker]

Holy smokes, so many interception-worthy throws @CLEBAL

 

[kirby11]

same with ravens. Fingers crossed

I'm real curious what happens to Lamar when he loses a step. OTOH the Ravens have failed to ever build a decent WR core around him