The upcoming Buffalo Bills game

Nconroe · #1 10-26-2009, 07:46 PM

Seemed there were lots of suggestions about what we should be doing so started the thread to look forward.

Looks like Ryan Fitzpatrick will be the QB. He was picked up as a UFA from Cincy spring of 2009, he started twelve games at Cincy last year, who got him from St. Louis in 2007 via trade, Rams who drafted him in seventh round, 250th. And, in his debut in 2005, he threw for 300 yards, got rookie of the week, and beat the Houston Texans. He's had it rough since them, but did play good enough to beat the Carolina panthers on the road last week.

And Buffalo beat the Jets with Fitzpatrick coming in ,on the road the week before that, so they are a fairly good 3-4 team.

Lee Evans has been the go to wide receiver. Fred Jackson is lead RB and Marshawn Lynch is second RB. T.O. is on the team as well with 18 receptions.

Arky · #2 10-26-2009, 08:32 PM

Game will be on CBS @ noon.

Announcers = Ian Eagle and Rich Gannon

Forecast for Buffalo Sunday is for 45º-50º-ish with 30% chance of rain.

Texans are favored by 3 to 3 1/2

Texans have a chance to go 5-3 for the first time in team history....

WMH · #3 10-26-2009, 08:42 PM

[QUOTE=Arky;15541]Forecast for Buffalo Sunday is for 45º-50º-ish with 30% chance of rain.
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Hopefully, that forecast will hold up, and the winds will be relatively light. With Schaub's arm, a 20-30 mph "lake" wind will not be kind to our offense......

TheMatrix31 · #4 10-27-2009, 12:20 AM

Big game. Big big game. It's going to be crucial to build the cushion of 5-3. Going 4-4 and playing Indy the next week, we may well just chalk up 5 losses before the bye. We blew too many games before this, and should be 6-1 or 5-2. Either way, let's get this win like we should.

nunusguy · #5 10-27-2009, 06:59 AM

I dunno, isn't Fitzpatrick the QB our defense made look like Elway a few years ago in Reliant ? He either beat us or almost beat us in the last few minutes of the game after we blew a real big lead ? Fairly mobile as I recall ?
I hear weather could be a big factor for the game up there ? Not so much cold or even precip, but wind which could have an adverse effect upon our
one-dimentional, pass-oriented offense.

papabear · #6 10-27-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Arky

Forecast for Buffalo Sunday is for 45º-50º-ish with 30% chance of rain.

It's supposed to be WINDY though....

nunusguy · #7 10-27-2009, 10:09 AM

The Bills drafted Aaron Maybin with their first round pick, a classic tweener destined to be a 3-4 rush LB. But now I dunno because I thought the Bills were a 3-4 team, but their website DC indicates otherwise ?
http://www.buffalobills.com/team/depth-chart-list.html

Arky · #8 10-27-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by papabear

It's supposed to be WINDY though....

How windy?

Nconroe · #9 10-27-2009, 11:42 AM

according to http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...6hr_topnav_ski

should be exactly 19 mph on Sunday, 30 % chance of rain, and 47 degrees. It will likely change some by game time, but that is in the 10 day forcast

Arky · #10 10-27-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Nconroe

should be exactly 19 mph on Sunday, ....

OK, very good. Well, that could be significant... They might have to dink and dunk more than usual if remains that way...

My Houston Chronicle says its supposed to be "sunny" in Houston today - here it is just after noon and I haven't seen the sun, yet...

papabear · #11 10-27-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Arky

How windy?

I just heard Dreesen on the radio saying they were expecting it to be windyin Buffalo...he was discussing how the wind even affects a long snapper. Never heard a forecast, but you can just go ahead and pencil in a windy day in Buffalo this time of year.

Arky · #12 10-27-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by papabear

Never heard a forecast, but you can just go ahead and pencil in a windy day in Buffalo this time of year.

Well, sounds like the team is preparing for a windy day and that is good.

I've heard "supposed" to be windy, "might be" windy and "you can pencil it in".

Maybe we'll get a performance like the one the legendary Tony Banks had in 2003 in relief of David Carr. Banks was 11/16 for 207 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT in a 12-10 Texan victory at Buffalo. Said Coach Dom Capers about Banks after the game:

"Tony Banks has been a starter in the past, and I'm sure he could start for a number of teams. We have total confidence in Tony Banks."

EndZoneSeats · #13 10-27-2009, 01:02 PM

The current forecast calls for a 22-mph wind at noon, out of the west, with temperatures of 50 degrees. With the wind it will feel quite cold to our Texans.

Still, this is the kind of game we have to get if we're going to make a semi-serious run at the playoffs.