Buffalo Bills 2024 Thread

[Pimlach]

30 minutes ago, Stoner said:

Schopp snarking on SM's overt religious expressions. He sarcastically credited "God's grace" for the Baltimore dropped pass on the two point conversion.

Wow, leave it be. We have freedom of religion and expression in this country still.

What a tool.

McD praises and thanks God after every game in his interview.  Every week, after every game.  That’s him. Schopp should know that.  

[Pimlach]

I think the Bills played a great game in crappy weather against a very good team.  

Best wishes to them next week in the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP Game. 

I have been rooting for a Super Bowl since they created it. It can happen. This team is good enough to win.  

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

McD praises and thanks God after every game in his interview.  Every week, after every game.  That’s him. Schopp should know that.  

Agreed. It's who McDermott is and just move on Schopp.

[calti]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

There couldn’t have been a more obvious call than two sneaks right there. Oh well

Yep.  And then out comes the trick play to nowhere.........oi....

[Indabuff]

Players of all sports say it all the time.  Why is it any different if a coach says it?

[calti]

1 hour ago, carpandean said:

How did the Ravens not use Henry on either 2-point conversion?  The end reminds me of the Seahawks not running Lynch against the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

that was a classic....you can add calling the Kaepernick fade into the EZ  in SB. 

[Demoted]

 

[shrader]

38 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

Consider leaving an opinion on Jerry Coleman's Twitter feed what you think about him calling Buffalo a city of losers.

I loved McDermott’s answer to that question. 

[LGR4GM]

What a game. I think Buffalo needed to open the play book more in the second half. I get that running was working but it got a bit predictable and caused the game to stay in doubt. 

Defense was really good at getting plays but, I worry about the lack of pass rush. Still, props to the defense getting those turnovers. 

We won. On to KC.

[Crusader1969]

13 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

Players of all sports say it all the time.  Why is it any different if a coach says it?

I do find it curious   If there is a god, do you really think he cares about football?  I'm sure there just as many religious people on the Ravens 

but whatever.  If that's what McDermott believes, that's his prerogative 

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

What a game. I think Buffalo needed to open the play book more in the second half. I get that running was working but it got a bit predictable and caused the game to stay in doubt. 

Defense was really good at getting plays but, I worry about the lack of pass rush. Still, props to the defense getting those turnovers. 

We won. On to KC.

Bottom line is this won.   Should have been easier coming into the 2nd half but they just held on

who else figured that Baltimore was going to recover the onside kick?

[LGR4GM]

Just now, shrader said:

I loved McDermott’s answer to that question. 

What did McDermott say? 

[shrader]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

What did McDermott say? 

He was noticeably angry about it. It may as well have been “F that guy”. If you don’t find it by the morning I will look it up. For now, I’m out for the night. I’ve probably got another 3am wake up call to sleep on the floor in my 3 year old’s room. 

[JujuFish]

25 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

I do find it curious   If there is a god, do you really think he cares about football?  I'm sure there just as many religious people on the Ravens 

but whatever.  If that's what McDermott believes, that's his prerogative 

There's a difference between believing God will help you perform your best and believing God wants you to win a sports game.

[MISabresFan]

On 1/18/2025 at 5:48 PM, inkman said:

Great take 

Thank God I woke up

 

 

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

What a game. I think Buffalo needed to open the play book more in the second half. I get that running was working but it got a bit predictable and caused the game to stay in doubt. 

Defense was really good at getting plays but, I worry about the lack of pass rush. Still, props to the defense getting those turnovers. 

We won. On to KC.

And no reason to hold anything back at KC.  Throw everything it takes at them.  Bury them. 

[Scottysabres]

We just took down the Baltimore Ravens!!!

Let that sink in for a night.

We are going to and winning the Super Bowl, no matter who stands in our way, they will be dispatched!!!

GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!

[PerreaultForever]

Glad you took down the hated Ratbirds. Now get ready for the roughing the passer calls. 

[Flashsabre]

8 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

What a game. I think Buffalo needed to open the play book more in the second half. I get that running was working but it got a bit predictable and caused the game to stay in doubt. 

Defense was really good at getting plays but, I worry about the lack of pass rush. Still, props to the defense getting those turnovers. 

We won. On to KC.

Can the refs nail the Bills with multiple roughing the passer calls if the Bills can’t get a pass rush going? We shall see Sunday😁

[Weave]

Man, what a gauntlet of quarterbacks at the top if the AFC.  Its got to be next to impossible for any other team to get past the trio of Allen/Mahomes/Jackson.

Edited yesterday at 12:52 PM by Weave

[JohnC]

33 minutes ago, Weave said:

Man, what a gauntlet of quarterbacks at the top if the AFC.  Its got to be next to impossible for any other team to get past the trio of Allen/Mahomes/Jackson.

Another ace qb in the AFC is Burrows. I consider Mahomes to be the best of that exceptional group. The Bills were fortunate to select Allen from that draft class. Not only is he a great player but perfectly suited to represent the team and place. 

[shrader]

7 hours ago, Scottysabres said:

We just took down the Baltimore Ravens!!!

Let that sink in for a night.

We are going to and winning the Super Bowl, no matter who stands in our way, they will be dispatched!!!

GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!

Of course it’s the NFC east on the other side. 

[triumph_communes]

Bills just had more rushing yards than passing yards against the number one run defense. Talk about punching them in the throat.  Was a weird game from our perspective probably in part because we never do something like that 

[Flashsabre]

35 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

Bills just had more rushing yards than passing yards against the number one run defense. Talk about punching them in the throat.  Was a weird game from our perspective probably in part because we never do something like that 

Yep and the fact they were able to contain the run game for the most part against Lamar and Henry

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, triumph_communes said:

Bills just had more rushing yards than passing yards against the number one run defense. Talk about punching them in the throat.  Was a weird game from our perspective probably in part because we never do something like that 

That's what was frustrating about the 2nd half, especially the 3rd qrtr. They refused to run play action and throw down field. Really felt like they came out in "milk the clock" mode and Brady was being an idiot. On 3rd and 5 you don't run a freaking screen to a TE. They just seemed to refuse to be deceptive last night. It was a lot of straightforward stuff which was bizarre. Maybe they were afraid of the Baltimore secondary but I think they had success running and didn't pivot to passing when that started shutting down. Josh Allen barely rolled out or did anything creative. 

They won, so no complaints there but they'll need to open up the passing book to keep winning. 

Edited 23 hours ago by LGR4GM

[LTS]

5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

That's what was frustrating about the 2nd half, especially the 3rd qrtr. They refused to run play action and throw down field. Really felt like they came out in "milk the clock" mode and Brady was being an idiot. On 3rd and 5 you don't run a freaking screen to a TE. They just seemed to refuse to be deceptive last night. It was a lot of straightforward stuff which was bizarre. Maybe they were afraid of the Baltimore secondary but I think they had success running and didn't pivot to passing when that started shutting down. Josh Allen barely rolled out or did anything creative. 

They won, so no complaints there but they'll need to open up the passing book to keep winning. 

I think there are two issues at hand here:

1. The Bills want to keep their defense off the field. This is their desire to run the ball or complete short passes more than take longer downfield attempts that might result in stopping the clock.

2. When the Bills need to make a play, Joe Brady over thinks things and tries to get cute resulting in a poorly executed play that fails to achieve its intended objective.

You've nailed it here though. They are playing with fire and eventually they are going to get burned.  It would have been really interesting to see if the Bills could have gotten downfield with the remaining time to kick a game winning FG had the Ravens tied it up.  It would have required them to play downfield, something, as you said, they basically did not do.