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LV/LAC is Sunday nighter
LV/LAC is Sunday nighter
Buffalo Bills Week 17: Bills (9-6) v. Falcons (7-8)
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misterchainsaw
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Saturday games are decidedly uninteresting. KC-DEN and PHI-DAL.
PHI-DAL is likely to be a backup fest with Dallas needing help just to get out of the 4 seed and Philly at either 6 or 7.
KC probably plays their guys hoping to a) not drop to 4 and b) have a chance at the bye if TEN slips up again. TEN still has to play on Sunday since Cincy could catch them too with a loss. I suppose Cincy could get advance knowledge of whether they can be 1 or not from KC's result but that's a long shot anyway.
NFL stuck to their competitive integrity here at the cost of better games, so credit to them I guess?
PHI-DAL is likely to be a backup fest with Dallas needing help just to get out of the 4 seed and Philly at either 6 or 7.
KC probably plays their guys hoping to a) not drop to 4 and b) have a chance at the bye if TEN slips up again. TEN still has to play on Sunday since Cincy could catch them too with a loss. I suppose Cincy could get advance knowledge of whether they can be 1 or not from KC's result but that's a long shot anyway.
NFL stuck to their competitive integrity here at the cost of better games, so credit to them I guess?
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So apparently, if you seek to root for chaos, if Pittsburgh wins out and the Colts lose to Jacksonville, it creates a scenario where LV/LA is a play-in game for the 6 seed (Pittsburgh is 7)...except a tie would put LA in 6, LV in 7, and Pittsburgh out. Would the Chargers and Raiders willingly play to a tie to ensure both of them make it?
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misterchainsaw
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At this point if they can't beat the Jets at home for the division maybe they're better off going on the road in the playoffs...
I don't think playing either of those teams bodes well for either the Bills or the Pats. I grew up a Pats fan but I lived in upstate NY (Herkimer) for 3 years and got to grow a lil love for the Bills since I would always get their games. Should be an interesting end to the year and playoffs. No hate for you all from this fan at all.
Sansbacon
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Because my wife and I were booking our trip to Peru while the game was on in the background. Also, he was talking and fortunately/unfortunately I could hear him speaking.
*and by speaking, I mean knobslobbering over Rodgers and Mahomes braided ass-hair, but still, I can hear.
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missingmika
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Mike McDermott
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That is the one time slot I didn’t want them in. Only for personal reasons as I won’t be able to watch the entire game.
Looking more and more likely it's going to be either New England or Indy. Neither are a great matchup.
I'd take NE every time over Indianapolis...
Der Jaeger
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Hoping Indy is 7 so they can play KC. Let the chiefs deal with that. If the colts win, then they’re the titans’ problem.
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Correct me if I’m wrong but that would take Indy losing to the Jags and then that would move the winner of LAC/LV ahead of them? I know any given Sunday and we somehow lost to the Jags but I don’t see Indy losing to them.
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I’ve seen a lot of “Josh was bad” without really talking about what the Falcons were doing or how the Bills adjusted to take advantage. Seems like the Falcons plan was to take away intermediate crossing routes by dropping seven with line backers and the SS playing shallow quarters. Which is dreadful against the run, so the Bills ran. I’m not sure Peyton manning would have a lot of success against the approach to pass defense. I don’t know, someone smarter than me on this board, like Der Jaeger should probably set me straight. But I didn’t see Josh missing a lot of open receivers.
tsujimoto74
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NE is a fine match-up. It took insane weather conditions for them to barely eke out 1 win against us in the last 2 seasons. Indy with Taylor is more concerning.
vcv
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I think joshs passing performance wasn’t as bad as the stats say. One int was a tip. Another looked like it may have been a miscommunication but they’ll never say if it was. Lots of dropped balls. I think the coaching staff was fine with just establishing the run.
The offense didn’t punt. When they needed a first down they got one.
tsujimoto74
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Yeah, I think the cold was affecting the receivers, for sure. There were about a half dozen passes in the first couple drives that hit receivers in the hands and ended incomplete anyway. You might be able to put a little blame on Allen for 1-2 balls where he put more zip than he needed to, but NFL receivers should make those catches the vast majority of the time.
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kirby11
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Every time I hear his name brought up for head coaching positions, I'm like "we're still talking about the same Nate Hackett that was with the Bills, right?"
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misterchainsaw
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Raiders win all tiebreakers (including the Pats) if they manage to win against the Chargers. So if the Pats lose and the Raiders win (assuming the Colts also win) it's 5)Raiders, 6)Colts, 7)Pats and if the Pats win and the Raiders win it's 5)Pats, 6)Raiders, 7)Colts. The Chargers slide in at the bottom of the 10-7 teams if they were to win the LAC-LV matchup.
Djp
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if colts lose Then Steelers ( if they win tonight)-Ravens winner can get the spot. Steelers get it without help. Ravens need help ( vegas win, dolphins lose)
misterchainsaw
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Just saying the ball was tipped doesn't absolve the QB of responsibility. None of them were fluky tips at the line by a lineman who happened to throw his arm up at the right time. The first I'm still not even sure who he was trying to get the ball to (Beasley?) and he tried to fit it between 5 defenders where there was absolutely no room to throw the ball. He missed on the 2nd one flat out. The third one's the only one you can even start to excuse, but even that one, while it was deflected close to the line of scrimmage, was deflected by the spy who was directly in the throwing lane just waiting, unengaged, for Josh to throw it, and he failed to get the ball out of his reach. None of them were good throws/good decisions.
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