Yeah, I’m doing one of these again. The Bills play the Browns this weekend. This game will be their ninth matchup in the past thirteen years, in large part because they both perennially finish fourth in their respective divisions. Buffalo won four of the last five games. This one is particularly huge.
I knew the Bills would be 6-2 at this point. I think I said so in a comment but I’m too lazy to look. Their six wins came against five cans of corn (NYJ, NYG, CIN, MIA, WAS) and a mediocre Titans squad. I was sure they would win at least five of those games.
They have three more pushovers on the schedule: DEN, NYJ, and MIA. They also have a tough stretch in the middle of those three games: @DAL, BAL, @PIT, @NE. That’s four guaranteed losses. I know that Pittsburgh is not great this year but the Bills are 2-10 against the Steelers over the past 26.69 years with the last win coming in 1999, and they haven’t won a regular season game in Pittsburgh since 1975 when OJ Simpson ran for 227 yards.
All of this means, as I expected, that the Bills need to beat the Browns this week to have a shot at 10-6 and a playoff berth.
Cleveland is favored by 2.5 to 3 points as I write this, so the bookies view Cleveland and Buffalo as a pretty even match despite their respective 2-6 and 6-2 records.
Everyone expected Cleveland to be good this year. They play a very soft schedule from here out, with only one game against a good team (Baltimore) after this week, including home against the Dolphins and two against the Bengals. The way my life works, the Browns will beat the Bills and build momentum to finish 10-6 or 9-7. Their win over the Bills will be the tiebreaker that gives Cleveland the 6 seed, keeping Buffalo out of the post-season.
Final score: Bills 17 Browns 31
Thursday, November 07, 2019
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The post that all of us have been dying for!
By all of us, I mean none of us.
THE JUICE IS LOOSE
The Browns are favored?? I'm not seeing it. Z, you're good to go. All clear. Fear not.
This from the guy who hasn't won the office football pool once all season despite playing against some folks who seem to employ the Diane Chambers method of picking football game winners.
Good luck.
thanks to serendipity and the kindness of a friend, my daughter and i sat in the second row at last night's new pornographers show. i was within 15 feet of neko case. getting to hear her voice in person is bucket list kinda stuff. otherworldly. fun band with excellent chemistry, both personal and musical.
i find it interesting that the way zman's life works influences nfl football games.
and whenever i hear the term "bucket list," i think of mr. creosote from "the meaning of life."
zman, important nugget seen on twitter:
Andrew Catalon and James Lofton will be calling the Bills game Sunday for their 7th time together. The Bills are 4-2 in those games.
Thanks to a hookup from my brother and some encouragement from an old friend, I'll be seeing The Wood Brothers tonight. Doubt it will be second row seats, though.
Nice, Rootsy. I'm a fan.
God probably has just as much influence over NFL games as the way my life works and he's the first person people thank when they score a touchdown.
The Veil opening in Nahfuck this wknd. Have a juicy one for me Whitney.
Now Bloomberg is running.
the billionaire class is way skeered of warren and bernie. this is how we get trump again, assuming he’s not in jail.
had my first popeyes chicken sammich this evening. it’s a tasty offering. will effort a taste test against the god-fearing chicken people at some point.
and the veil is for real. that’ll be good for whitney.
KT... juicy one is a blend or just a general description? Which brew is my starting line?
I actually had Veil down here last year at a pop up. Good shit.
their whitemiata is a really good ipa, whit. if you’re not driving, they’ve got a couple of killer double (and triple!) ipas that’ll knock your dick in the dirt.
They have an interesting yeast base which is very unique. Do what you will with that one. You’ll like them all. They have a killer sour and gose game as well. I’m enjoying some Equillibrium this eve. Fantastic.
Crucial Taint I mean Taunt is their house beer, start with that one and go from there. You seriously can’t go wrong.
The Wood Brothers is an impressive trio.
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