I just looked at the game by game stats this season and TE has been a huge issue all season. The stats bear that out consistently with every teams TE’s or backup TE’s having big games or definitely bigger than usual games, relative to their per game output.

To make matters worse, Gay only signed a 3 mil one year deal. That is peanuts. His speed was critical in the second level, and is a big loss. Don’t tell me Veach couldn’t take a few million off Creed’s ridiculous market resetting contract, or a mil off Noah Gray’s expensive deal, to try and keep Gay in the fold. We have no LB depth as well!

Lamar generally stinks against Spags' defense; however, Harbaugh is a far superior HC, IMO. I'm torn. I just hope they beat the crap out of each other and are physically and mentally exhausted from a triple-overtime game.

There was a post here somewhere where somebody on Twitter/X found a specific formation that targets the TE and has been kicking Spags' ass all season. It was like he had no answer for it.

Baltimore has been there more times in recent history, plus I hate the Lamar hype. I also appreciate the battles with Josh Allen much more than those against Lamar. I'd rather see Buffalo get there.

I don't necessarily think we match up better with Baltimore. Their defense is far better than Buffalo's and can really give us some problems. That offense with Henry is also a different beast than it was a year ago. They are absolutely harder to defend and we are very shallow in the LB depth department.

Not really. Fans have no control over who wins or loses.

I get so annoyed when fans say “don’t get cocky” or “we can’t look past the XXXX’s”.

I’m not on the team. I can do whatever I want.

I may have to eat shit for it later, but it doesn’t change the game.

The DeMar game cancelling/throwing in Mahomes rookie year to prop up Allen's stats/self-righteous Bills Mafia. F Buffalo

It’s why I never talk sh*t before a game

Postgame yes. Any given Sunday…..or Saturday….

Great thing about this match up is that, if we beat Houston, we can sit back on Sunday night and watch these teams clobber each other....

There's probably other reasons besides money for why they didn't re-sign Gay. Either his injury history or off field issues. Yeah, the coverage was better with Gay, but the pass rush and CB play was also better the last few years compared to this season.

Thanks for doing your part to secure the win!

If you are concerned about best QB talk then you better be rooting for the Ravens. There are already national people that float the idea Allen is better than Mahomes. Bills fans believe it as fact right now. If Allen wins while beating Mahomes you will hear nothing but him being the best QB. You won’t get that with Lamar because no one really makes that argument now.

Haha. It’s just a personal thing. Makes myself feel better or less disappointed if we lose.

I'm kinda growing cozy to the idea of playing Buffalo again. The chance to do it again to them is so tantalizing. Would also mean we've beaten everyone the AFC has to throw at us this year en route to the threepeat.

And if they finally get over that hump... they'll have earned it. But I imagine we have a lot more up our sleeve for the home Arrowhead rematch, namely Brown, a stable LT situation, amongst other items.

All that said, I still fear Henry and Lamar are going to run all over them to the tune of 200+ and it's gonna be on Allen to be perfect in order to win. Patterns repeat in the NFL Playoffs (see last night w/ MIN), and the pattern is that the Buffalo defense cannot play at its peak when it is required.

I hope both teams exhaust all of their emotional capital in that game and their players are beat the f up. Beyond that, I really don’t have a strong preference as to whom we play. Either opponent is gonna be an extremely difficult challenge. If I had to choose, give me B-More one more time

"One more time"

That's a solid way to frame it too. With another heart crushing AFCCG defeat, we could be to Baltimore what we already are to Buffalo.

Couldn't agree more.

We already vanquished the Ravens TWICE in 2024. Crushed their soul at their place in the AFC Title Game and then pulled the rug out from under them in their 'revenge' game in Arrowhead to start the year. Nothing more needs to be proven against that team.

I wanna ruin the Bills season again, make them 0-4 against us in the playoffs, get 'revenge' for our loss earlier and shut down the 'Bills deserve a Super Bowl' bullshit. That shit is getting ANNOYING! No one DESERVES anything, you have to EARN IT on the field. STFU with that crap. :facepalm:

And as far as the Lions go, I don't have nothing against them. Seem like an okay team with decent fans. But the annoying 'we beat you 21-20 last year' thing is tired, ignoring all the factors that caused that one point loss. Eveyone knew who the better team was that day and still is. And, yes, the media WILL absolutely bring up the fact that Goff is 2-0 against Mahomes. I would love for nothing more to hear them parrot that for 2 weeks while Mahomes prepares for the 3peat. He 100% hears all that shit!

Just take care of business first against Houston and this is absolutely the path I would like to see unfold.

Lol "we can't cover TE's" then mentions THE FIRST TWO GAMES of the season?? What about the other FIFTEEN? :D

It can work both ways. When we beat the Bills in the 13 second game I think that took so much out of the guys physically and emotionally. To the point that they ran out of steam in that second half against the Bengals.

However when we beat them last year it gave the squad a massive injection of confidence. Just watching back the mic'd up from that game and seeing Pat absolutely buzzing as he ran off the field as Bills fans tried to pelt him with snowballs ROFL . But the energy they got from that game took them into Baltimore with their chest puffed put and ready to go.

Whoever wins this game could go either way. But yes ideally you want it to be a massively physical game for sure that pushes both teams to their limits. And I think it will be. Buffalo have had some shootouts recently so it will be interesting to see how the Ravens would react if they go behind early.

Bills fans hit Mahomes with a snowball. Probably from a powdery snow held together with their thoughts of Joshy

Lamar Jackson is 0-5 in the playoffs against teams that score more than 14 points. That's not a knock on Lamar, it's about his coach. He only knows how to win playoff games one way: ball control offense. He's a modern day Marty Shottenheimer.

In order to reach the Super Bowl, the Ravens would have to go through probably the two worst teams in the league to run such a scheme against. If they are somehow able to beat the Bills, I will be glad they did.

Look at the last real game. pat freiermuth put up 60 yards. He averaged 14 against the Ravens. And when he wasn't playing a fraudulent bottom feeding franchise or a terrible defense like the Bengals he was getting handled by everybody else too. And that's because he's a mediocre TE. The Chiefs had a linebacker that could run 4.4 last year. They don't this year. And it's been a rocky adjustment. They're not getting ****ed up like they were earlier when Brock Bowers was gauging them for 170 yards or some shit but it's still not good. And I don't have the surplus in chromosomes so I won't LOL or type in all cap's like a clown or engage with those that do. So we're done here. But if I'm Veach I'm trading for or seeking out yet another LB in the offseason because they seem to be too slow at the position.

Nobody catches shit around Skyy. Get him off IR stat

The Browns\Ravens were built in the image of Marty (Ozzie Newsome) so that does give me pause. If Allen has some transcendent game he could cover for their bad defense and sink the Ravens like Marino and the Chiefs. Lamar can't compete against an elite QB that's rolling.

We have our "easy" game this Saturday. At least for a divisional game. After that, we could possibly lose the next two to complete the 3Peat. Our boys will need their "A" game to win which I'm sure they will bring to the party.

So now you've quoted a 60 yard game where the team scored ten points? Imo you're vastly overstating the issue. Tightends did well early in the season and yes Bowers did have some tough catches too. But the defense improved and it's not a "problem". Good players make plays. It's that simple.

OMG our top 3 defense has a weakness?

The Ravens are still the team we want due to their OL.

Get that OL in Arrowhead and they will fold and so will Lamar.

Buffalo's OL is playing at an extremely high level right now.

Lot of people describing players not named Mahomes as "best player in the sport" these days. Not just Bills fans; national media analysts too. Some say it as if it's obvious.

Hopefully Mahomes has heard all of it.

Did you watch the other games? Pretty well known we’ve struggled against TE’s.

-Cade Otten-77 yards, TD
-Adam Trautman/Lucas Krull-55 yards, 18 YPC (and these guys suck)
-Jatavion Sanders had 48 yards before he hurt his neck at the end of the first half
-Dawson Knox-40 yards, 10 YPC average
-Dalton Schultz-45 yards, TD
-Pat Friermuth-7/60 yards

Also you might not want to look at what Bowers did to us at Arrowhead bc it wasn’t pretty

They lost one of those games. You're acting like it's some Achilles heel. It's not. They just don't focus on shutting down TEs and it shows.

Why not just bring back Gay? He never wanted to leave and only signed a cheap one year deal with NO.

This is a nightmare match-up for the Bills. Smaller front seven against Henry/Lamar...

Ravens piss-pounded them in the first match-up...while I dont think this game will be that lop-sided, Baltimore "should" beat them.

The way to beat the Ravens is essentially what KC did last year...get up on them early and keep Lamar trailing you. He's great when playing with a lead...relaxes and plays a lot more loose. His sphincter tightens up dramatically when he's playing catch-up.

Honestly.....**** them.

They are setting themselves up for failure.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I think Zay Flowers has a chance to be back for the game against the Bills..<br><br>There&#39;s no guarantees and we&#39;ll see how the week goes&quot; ~ <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamSchefter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/UzSDhR4vWm">pic.twitter.com/UzSDhR4vWm</a></p>&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1878862372770820244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"hard for zay to be 100 percent even if they make the super bowl"

"his knee is not ready to go even if this is mild"

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zay Flowers <br><br>Does he have a chance to play in the Divisional Round? <a href="https://t.co/VzSGRWz9E2">pic.twitter.com/VzSGRWz9E2</a></p>&mdash; Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJesseMorse/status/1879219684417106310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If you give me the choice of an opponents TE gouging the chiefs for 70 yards vs a RB going for 125 or a WR 1 hanging 125. I’ll take that every game.

Spags picked what is more important to stop. A TE isn’t going to beat the chiefs.

Will they try that trailing 14-0? Nope...

If Flowers can't go I think Lamar will choke it away if Buffalo starts putting many points on the board. Andrews will be the only receiver he'll have any confidence in. That won't be enough.

Over 100 touches in the last 4 weeks for Henry.

They better be careful or he's gonna have dead legs in the AFCCG.

https://i.imgur.com/7HGJi99.png

:old:

I've been taking the over on the opposing team TE yardage as part of my main weekly parlay and it almost always hits.

The Ravens/Bills matchup seems to have a "house money" feel to it in that the team that wins that game will consider their season a success. It is one of the more notable division round matchups of recent memory. No one is going to hate on the winner of that game if they come into Arrowhead and lose to Mahomes/Reid. If it is a close game, both teams are going to leave everything out there on the field and then some. It will be hard to get that up emotionally and physically again 6 days later.

Quite honestly reminds me of the Chiefs over Bills in the 13 second divisional round game. Chiefs win and breathe a huge sigh of relief. Emotionally and physically exhausted and can't keep it together for 4 quarters the next week against the Bengals.

Short week for whoever wins that game, too, and if it's the Ravens, they won't be home until Monday morning. :evil:

The Bills didn’t have their 2 starting backers Milano or Bernard last time they played and it showed.

Having those 2 back should really help their run defense

Milano was not the reason why Buffalo could not stop the run.


They give up 7 or 8 yards a pop on inside power with or without him.

That, Flowers being out or less than, and Buffalo at home where they are 9-0...

Man this is a hard game to peg.

No but his speed does help with Lamar and their tight ends if nothing else.

I'm guilty of it but it does feel like this is ripe to be a game where we fell into the Lamar/Baltimore hot streak trap and then he just kinda melts when they gotta have it at some point, then panicking and never playing right the rest of the way.

If it doesn't happen Sunday, it'll happen the week after. Soon as things start going sideways, he's gonna revert to old habits. Allen isn't going to do that. Even if they fall behind, he's gonna scratch his way back into it.

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Ledge warning
 

ESPN has shared their prediction for the upcoming matchup. According to their Matchup Predictor, they give Buffalo a 50.3 percent chance to win. Baltimore, on the other hand, has a 49.7 percent chance to pull out the victory.

50/50 coin toss. I'm just hoping it turns into a very long, multiple overtime battle. Make them grind each other into the dirt for 10+ overtimes.

It's going to be 12 degrees (-4 wind chill) and supposed to snow some, so that game should be a slog and take something out of both of them.

"I don't give a (radio edit) who we play, I'll play''email all!

Travis Kelce

Gotta love that attitude :-)

If this is the case, I'd say the team that scores the most wins

We will beat whoever we face so don’t care.

I care.

If the Bills lose I cropped their Josh-As-Charlie-Brown art from their twitter for a nice football yank outta the way by a Raven in a purple dress. :evil:

If the Ravens lose, I got Lamar talking about changing to #1 when he wins the Super Bowl. Perfect quote tweet with the image of Mahomes holding up his #1 draft jersey. ROFL

Plus I got that nice clip of Isiah Likely bleating about "if that's their best..." from Week 1. ROFL

Either way, we dunkin' receipts on someone!

Yaaaay

Yes, that was the key to our success! Keeping those f tards out of the playoffs.

My prediction...

Chiefs beat Texans
Rams beat Lions
Ravens beat Bills
Commanders beat Eagles

Chiefs beat Ravens
Rams beat Commanders

Chiefs beat Rams for 3 PEAT! 34 - 31 :thumb:

Chiefs battle blue, all the way through

SF Dynasty was letters on a oval. Dallas Dynasty had a star. Patriot Dynasty had a star. KC Dynasty has letters on an Arrowhead. Sorry Buffs & Birds

So.....how does this work, exactly?

conspiracies start from less

Commanders play Lions, Rams Eagles

LOL IMAGINE HAVING TO MENTION 40 YARD GAMES AS "EVIDENCE" THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED!!..SMH PLEASE GET SERIOUS ROFL

I watch the Ravens and just can’t believe the opposing team can’t stop their running attack. Are the Ravens that good at running the football? There’s times where the Ravens will run it 6-7 times in a row. I hope Spags puts everybody around the line of scrimmage and dares Lamar to throw the football

Buffalo is going to win

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Was told Zay Flowers had an outside chance to play this weekend. No practice Wednesday does not appear to be a good sign. <a href="https://t.co/6Y6kC07RPj">https://t.co/6Y6kC07RPj</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1879607664042549525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah I am thinking so too.

Buffalo at Kansas City in the AFCCG again just feels right. Been too long.

Ooof. RIP Ravens.

I want that opportunity to do it again to Buffalo. Would be a hellacious battle, but I want their tears. Again.

Henry's a tank. 100 touches is his warmup. Bastard isn't 100% human.

That’s the one I want

Honestly I don’t think they will need Flowers to beat Buffalo. I fully expect them to do to Buffalo what they did to the Steelers.

There are going to be a lot of disappointed Bills fans dressed like Santa Claus.

I think Buffalo is capable of playing the run well if you're determined to run it 40 times.

If the Ravens come out and try to Martyball this game they will lose.

Perhaps, but it honestly will depend on how well they are running it.

Flowers may be out again for Baltimore…

https://x.com/rapsheet/status/1879607664042549525?s=61

He spends something like $250K a year on maintaining peak condition. It’s crazy, but it allows him to dominate even this late in the year. 31 year old RBs should not be finishing a slight bit under 2,000 yards in the regular season.