(01-04-2018, 03:32 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(01-04-2018, 03:14 PM)brianmsbc Wrote: what happened to that bills fan that was constantly bashing Marcell Dareus. Weird that we haven't heard form him this week.

he's getting ready for the game ...

FYI, the guy in the picture known as Pancho Billa is fighting cancer. Stay classy. https://www.gofundme.com/pancho-power

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(01-04-2018, 02:53 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-03-2018, 05:02 PM)Chazz Wrote: This has been a great thread. Fun Read. I'm a Bills fan from Washington, DC via upstate New York. Excited to head down this weekend for the game...

I get it, you love your team and your city. Well, I'm sure it'll come as no surprise that we love our team too. I've never lived in Buffalo, but I was a season ticket holder for many years until I moved to DC. What fans would you expect not to think their team is going to win? Boasting about your team is what fandom is all about. I'd venture to say that 98% of any team's fans look at their team through Rose colored glasses. There are those realists on every message board, but they're no fun...always trying to keep everything in perspective... 

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The possibility of knocking Doug Marrone out of the Playoffs really does make this that much better for Bills fans. Put yourself in our shoes for a second. It looked like he was turning the team around, and the he left us. It was a rotten situation. However, I don't think there are many that harbor any resentment towards Dareus. He brought a lot of problems on himself and missed a handful of games due to suspensions. I hope he keeps himself clean and motivated for you all.

A win would be nothing but icing on the cake for us. Are we Super Bowl Contenders, no, not right now, but for the first time in 18 years, there's a lot of hope that we might be on the right track, with the right head coach. And I suspect thats where you also find yourselves as Jags fans.

Best of luck on Sunday!  Win or Lose, I'm incredibly grateful that I get to witness it first hand! It's been a long time coming! Be prepared for us, there will be a lot of Red, White, and Blue in the crowd on Sunday! We travel well.

Welcome to the board. (I assume this ^ is the post you just referenced)  

I guess I'm one of those not fun realists. 

I think each team has a way to win this one. I think it's a slightly easier path for the Jags than the bills to make that happen. 

Much of it hinges on the run game for the Jags. If they get Fournette going early it will bode well. If they don't then Bortles must play smart with the ball against a secondary that has 14 picks between Tre White, and safeties Poyer and Hyde. Jags receivers can get open vs these guys - but Blake must be sure not to repeat mistakes from recent weeks. 

Defensively the Jags need to do three things: 
Contain the QBs mobility
Limit the TE Clay
Limit whatever back carries the ball

The rest of the defensive stuff all favors the Jags. 

Personally - I think the Jags OC (Hackett) gets a bit crafty with the FB and TEs to help spring Fournette and the other backs in the run game and Blake only needs to pass about 25 times to get the necessary points up.  

I'm guessing it's a 23 -16 Jags victory.

Agree in general with your assessment. It does hinge on the Jags ground game. This Bills best shot is to get ahead early, and force Bortles to play catch-up. At some points this season, our run D has been great, but it has not been good as of late. Pretty awful actually. But if we can manage to score first and force Bortles into some erratic throws, the Bills could sneak this one out. My biggest concern is that Tyrod doesn't take many shots downfield, but it appears that that is where the Jags D is most beatable. So hopefully he throws caution to the wind on some deep balls this week. We're playing with house money anyways, might as well take some shots.

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