Honestly that’s about as good weather as they could reasonably hope forWeather in Orchard Park next Monday night is expected be 27 degrees with winds of 10-15 mph.
Bills will be without their best defensive player in all-pro Tre-Davious White who tore his ACL against the Saints.
I want to hear what he and Peyton have to say about Mac as I think they'd have a special appreciation for what he does well.Don’t care to hear what Eli has to say about facing a BB defense though.
Not sure I agree. Just because Brady was so great in the cold doesn’t mean Mac will be.Honestly that’s about as good weather as they could reasonably hope for
Better than hearing Spagnuolo. Defense won both of those games for them but everyone remembers the lucky catches.Don’t care to hear what Eli has to say about facing a BB defense though.
Gonna be hard to aim and throw those dildos straight with those conditions.Honestly that’s about as good weather as they could reasonably hope for
Gonna be hard to aim and throw those dildos straight with those conditions.
Yeah the depository thread is the right place.Wrong thread
4 weeks, but your point is a good one. What is interesting as well, at least for me, is the game being ordered from hardest to easiest. @Buf, @Ind, then home vs Buf. If they can start that stretch with a win, going into Bye week….obviously hugeI love how the schedule breaks down over the next 3 weeks. It’s put up or shut up time.
That pass defense will not look as good without White on the field for the Bills.I assume on the road against a top tier defense they will try to keep under control with the run and a conservative game plan. I doubt this is going to be the "Let Mac cook" plan unless BB and McDaniels have seen something on film or they are forced based on the score. Bills are tough against the run and pass (#1 EPA rated on both per PFF)
Also the biggest NFL game Mac has ever played and likely to be cold and windy. I agree that we see a conservative offensive gameplan at least in the first half. I could also see them going deep into the bag for a couple trick plays.I assume on the road against a top tier defense they will try to keep under control with the run and a conservative game plan. I doubt this is going to be the "Let Mac cook" plan unless BB and McDaniels have seen something on film or they are forced based on the score. Bills are tough against the run and pass (#1 EPA rated on both per PFF)
Indy got a little more worrisome with how game they looked against TB, and how bad the Pats run D looked against the Titans. Taylor could be a problem.1-0 on the 4 game crux stretch. Not hard to imagine 3-1.
No it isn't.Less penalties is always more fun.
Can they just play the game right now?
He was also the ref for the divisional win vs. the Ravens that yearI'll never have anything bad to say about Vinovich (like Joe West, now retired MLB umpire). Not that Vinovich or his crew made any particular calls that favored the Pats in SB 49. As I recall, the officiating was good that day.
This. A thousand times this.No it isn't.
Penalties called consistently and correctly is always more fun.
You got me. I enjoy less penalties in a game, but all called unfairly and unevenly on my team.No it isn't.
Penalties called consistently and correctly is always more fun.
As a #Patriots fan, the #Bills opening drive against New Orleans would worry me a little. Seven runs, three passes, nothing downfield. Designed QB runs, quick-game pass concepts, under-center tosses, inside runs out of the gun. Daboll's answer to the two-high shells/zone.
They missed a pretty big PI on Butler (I believe) that I'd be salty about if I was a Seahawks fan. Otherwise I agree.I'll never have anything bad to say about Vinovich (like Joe West, now retired MLB umpire). Not that Vinovich or his crew made any particular calls that favored the Pats in SB 49. As I recall, the officiating was good that day.
I still have that game on the DVR, maybe take a look for it. Second half, right?They missed a pretty big PI on Butler (I believe) that I'd be salty about if I was a Seahawks fan. Otherwise I agree.
7:48 left in the fourth quarter, Butler slips and appears to trip Lockette by reaching out with his hand, no flag. Here's the video I grabbed:I still have that game on the DVR, maybe take a look for it. Second half, right?
I think we need to think about this like a poker tournament when we're near the bubble. It is a huge advantage to acquire chips and get near the top of the leaderboard, so you should be willing to take on some volatility to improve your long term prospects. It seem like the Pats odds, in particular, would be a lot higher if they can get the #1 seed vs being below the Bills and finishing with the #5 seed. As of now that would mean @ KC, @ Bal or @ Buf for the first two games. Whereas if they can get the #1 seed they might have a bye and then Buf come to them....If the God of football descended upon you and offered a guaranteed split of the two Bills-Pats games would you take it?
Not a chance. I'll be very disappointed if we don't win one of the two games. I'd be very comfortable letting it play out and going for two. I bet a Bills fan would take the split in a heartbeat, though.If the God of football descended upon you and offered a guaranteed split of the two Bills-Pats games would you take it?
No. It'll be tough to win the division without sweeping the Bills so I wouldn't want to give up on that opportunity. If the Patriots are as good as we think they are they should at least earn the split without any help from the God of football.If the God of football descended upon you and offered a guaranteed split of the two Bills-Pats games would you take it?
The Bills are a division rival, but this really goes for like half the football fans in the country.How depressing would it be for a Bills fan, if after last year's glorious run to the AFCE title and into the playoffs, with the Pats looking down and out, the Pats swept them and regained the division crown, with a young stud at QB?
I mean....they'd have to be like, oh come on already.
Hell, given that a sweep of Buffalo basically guarantees the division (the Pats would need to go 0-3 vs Indy/Jax/Mia and the Bills would need to 4-0 vs Tampa/Carolina/Atlanta/NYJ in order for Buffalo to win the division) I'd take that in a heartbeat.No. It'll be tough to win the division without sweeping the Bills so I wouldn't want to give up on that opportunity. If the Patriots are as good as we think they are they should at least earn the split without any help from the God of football.
If the God of football offered a sweep of Buffalo in exchange for a guaranteed loss vs Indy I'd take that (does the God of football consider counteroffers?).
That's probably tame by SEC standards. Especially for an Alabama player who that all also applies to!I think another thing to consider is that this will be the 1st time that Mac will be facing a hostile road crowd*.
*By hostile road crowd, I mean 80,000 absolutely frenzied, started drinking at 2pm, wild-ass fans whose team finally clawed itself back to the top of the division after 20 seasons of futility while concurrently being the Patriots chew toy desperately hoping that doesn't revert back after one fleeting season hostile road crowd.
Yeah this is fair. While the Pats are 5-0 on the road, none of the enviroments have been remotely hostile:I think another thing to consider is that this will be the 1st time that Mac will be facing a hostile road crowd*.
*By hostile road crowd, I mean 80,000 absolutely frenzied, started drinking at 2pm, wild-ass fans whose team finally clawed itself back to the top of the division after 20 season of futility while concurrently being the Patriots chew toy desperately hoping that doesn't revert back after one fleeting season hostile road crowd.