Pre-Game Thread- Bills @ Pats (Thursday Night)

[1960Pats]

Bury your head some more, the defense was great. That's nice "pink hat" talk.

I've been a little surprised at how poorly the defense has played. By this point of the season I thought that they'd be stronger than they are, especially considering the weaker teams they played.

 

[ashley]

Getting everyone ready for a Sunday, practice and injury report today. Like a regular Wednesday:

 

[ashley]

Some BB answers on the Bills from his presser and as usual, he doesn't disappoint with his in-depth answers, like only he can give:

 

[JMC00]

and the defense is below average against the run

huh? This run defense held Nick Chubb and Dalvin Cook both to 50 yards. 7 games they haven't allowed more than 80 yards rushing.

 

[ashley]

injury report:

 

[Pats2000]

You want the right mechanics. I understand these guys make good decisions with (tire) pressure:

Don't quit your day job, being a Comedian isn't your thing

 

[Ross12]

injury report:

Another throwback game??!? Patriots win guaranteed. Might posterize them actually.

 

[TomPatriot]

The thing your not taking into consideration is BB will always take your number one option away. Against Buffalo I believe it will be Diggs. Against Minnesota, he waned to take away Cook, which he did. I believe he thought we'd get a better pass rush and could double Jefferson and limit him. Usually an effective strategy, this time it didn't work.

Whoever scouted the Bills-Vikes game should have told Bill to take away JJ.

 

[ashley]

Whoever scouted the Bills-Vikes game should have told Bill to take away JJ.

If Cook gets 150 yards rushing, we're cooked. Typically can't win if you give up 100+ rushing yards to a rb. A lot of things went wrong in that game. At least Buffalo doesn't have a true number 1 rb

 

[PScottman]

The bad decisions and poor accuracy and mechanics by Mac for most of the year.

How is that cherry picking this time of year working out for you?

Did Mac play well early in the season? No. Has he played better lately? Yes. The entire premise of the post was about whether or not increased risk on offense was necessary to win these upcoming games, but as usual you use it to discuss one ping and one ping only Vassily.

 

[JMC00]

Whoever scouted the Bills-Vikes game should have told Bill to take away JJ.

He got taken away in the 2nd half

 

[Pats2000]

How is that cherry picking this time of year working out for you?

Did Mac play well early in the season? No. Has he played better lately? Yes. The entire premise of the post was about whether or not increased risk on offense was necessary to win these upcoming games, but as usual you use it to discuss one ping and one ping only Vassily.

He has played well in exactly one game lately. He was serviceable in another.

Cherry picking, is saying he's played well lately as in one game.

Of course the increased risk on offense is important to win games. A <15% success rate in the red zone against teams that are scoring >50 or 60% of the time is called a recipe for losing. That you're even posing the question about risk vs. reward of scoring more in thr red zone as the 29th worst team in the league is just stupid

 

[upstater1]

He has played well in exactly one game lately. He was serviceable in another.

Cherry picking, is saying he's played well lately as in one game.

Of course the increased risk on offense is important to win games. A <15% success rate in the red zone against teams that are scoring >50 or 60% of the time is called a recipe for losing. That you're even posing the question about risk vs. reward of scoring more in thr red zone as the 29th worst team in the league is just stupid

BORING!!!!!

 

[slash83]

Winning Thursday will go a long way in giving the team a major boost for making a playoff push, their confidence will go way up.

 

[upstater1]

Good thing about this game is that I think the Bills play very similarly to the Vikings, with the exception that Allen can run the ball, and that's a very very big exception. Vikes have better RBs than Buffalo, so swap a run defender for someone who can track Allen.

 

[Pats2000]

BORING!!!!!

I'm sorry facts bore you

 

[TomPatriot]

He got taken away in the 2nd half

Didn’t he have a 35 yard catch in the second half? The guy had like 140 yards.

 

[TomPatriot]

At least Buffalo doesn't have a true number 1 rb

Yup. Buffalo doesn’t have a Cook, but they have better WRs after Diggs.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Yup. Buffalo doesn’t have a Cook, but they have better WRs after Diggs.

Buffalo LITERALLY has Cook‘s little brother on the team!

 

[upstater1]

I'm sorry facts bore you

Think about what you're doing.

We're over here focusing on playing what is now our archrival, our QB is coming off a very good game...

And here you are pining for the rookie backup.

You don't think that's just absolutely boring? Give it a rest.