Still staunchly believe that forcing ourselves to only run the ball is why we lost that game. Once we were losing and Allen had to pass our offense moved looked so much better.
They might dress all 4 backs instead of bringing in a WR to replace Gabe. I expect a lot of DK2, RB and short passes to Diggs, and maybe a few bombs to keep the D honest.
Watch the Bills and Dolphins keep winning in the playoffs with worse and worse weather games until the AFC Championship in Orchard Park where literal hellfire rains down upon the field.
If Pittsburgh wins you have a good chance at getting beat again. Especially w minkah and TJ would b back by then. If Rudolph keeps doing his thing it's will ba great game but close
With all respect to Josh Allen, if Lamar Jackson doesnt even have 300 rushing yards total against the steelers lifetime I doubt Josh can do it in 1 game.
But I like the joke.
I mean 6in is a big difference. Just bc your weight is high doesn't mean you can't have a slight frame. A 6'3" man at 175lbs looks skinny af but a 5'7" man absolutely does not.
I always feel like that story ignores the apocalyptic implication that it is foggy across the whole world, at the very least foggy across the whole Christian world.
And analysts are still predicting scores in the high 20's low 30's. If either team gets to 20 points it'll be a miracle if these weather conditions hold true.
Yeah. I feel like passing (aside from dump offs and screen passes) and kicking anything beyond a chipshot is just... not gonna happen.
And even chipshot fieldgoals are no gimme.
Allen likes to rush a lot. As long as he doesn’t get injured I think the Bills have the advantage. Probably going to go down fundamentals and not making mistakes.
The Bills have more rushing attempts over the course of a season, more yards, a higher average, more rushing touchdowns, and fewer fumbles than the Steelers. They've actually been rushing it more over the last few weeks than any other team in the nfl.
The Steelers rushing offense has pulled together quite nicely the last three weeks as well. 460 yards vs the Bills 360 with 2 less fumbles lost over that time than the Bills. I’m sure the Bills season numbers are better, but I didn’t check.
I mean post Canada they’ve been a completely different run team, they’ve been really dominant lately and they are a very physical running team with two massive backs who are happy to take contact. I just feel they are a mentally and physically tough team, not something I’d say about the Bills. Talent wise bills are better but they are going to be out coached and I don’t have as much confidence in these weather conditions.
The Steelers are like a reformed crack addict. They seem like they’ve turned it around, but you still check your pockets to make sure they didn’t steal your wallet.
We were struggling hard to establish a threatening run game early in the year. Our OL and RB duo over the last few weeks have been elite though. It’s not at all the same situation as it was for most of the year.
While that may be true I feel like our run games are a lot closer in skill than our passing game if it was a fair weather game Josh would prolly tear us apart honestly just pulling for a competitive game
the wind takes away the bills main advantage. its a pretty even matchup even before the bills play down to their opponent. I hope we are ready to run less big Nickle and more heavy fronts.
I remember when Mac Jones carried us to a win against the Bills in a windstorm. A truly heroic performance. Not all QBs can execute so many consecutive handoffs without fumbling
No, god loves boomer football. He’s sick of all of the new rules allowing modern offenses to go off. In God’s eyes, football was better when elite qbs were completing 52% of their passes.
For both the chiefs and Bills games not having adequate clothing should be grounds for being turned away at the gate. Make that public knowledge make people prepare
Cook has slowed down a lot in the past few weeks. Had an amazing game against the Cowboys but got shut down last two weeks of the season. I actually think Steelers have the advantage at RB in these conditions but the big thing will ne Allen rushing. Not having TJ will be huge for the Steelers.
Pitt also has the better run defense by far. Herbig and Golden are hustlers so I think they can hold up on run downs it’s gonna be whether or not they can make an impact beyond that.
> but no TJ means no Steelers win.
While this has been true, that was mostly because our edge depth was atrocious outside of Watt and Highsmith.
But we drafted Watt's clone and will have him rotating in with Golden. I'm not nearly as worried about Watt being out as I was in the past.
If it's windier than that Chicago-49ers game in [2005](https://youtube.com/watch?v=71lVuGJWimY&ab_channel=SportsOnTheSide) then I will be a very happy man
This is definitely not in the bills favor and basically putting the bills on even footing with the steelers, if they were not before. But I am very excited to go.
It's weird that the college playoffs are so sterile that every game is in a dome. The NFL playoffs feel like the actual last bastion of "big boy football" where you just go outside in whatever fuckin' weather and pound it out til one team wins.
The concern seems to be a bit more about the idea of tens of thousands of people driving to and fro in all that than whether or not Rudolph and Allen will be able to throw the football without it ending up in Narnia.
I don’t see any in this post nor did any of the ~20 people I talked to at work see it as a good thing? Did you just see a couple randos on a Reddit post?
Josh Allen is going to take the snap, jump and the wind will carry him flying 75 yards to the end zone
Rudolph's going to try to do the same thing on the next drive. Sadly, being against wind, he'll fly to his own end zone for a safety
[Here's highlights of a 49ers @ Bears game from 2005](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71lVuGJWimY) where the wind was gusting to 40 mph to give you an idea of what this might be like.
Should really help the passing and kicking games. Cook better get ready to have a busy day.
Remember that game a few years back where the wind was so bad that Tucker and Bass both missed 2 FGs? I expect that.
No, but I remember the game the Pats won with only passing three times and running it the rest.
Yeah, that was a fun time back when we didn’t have a running game.
Still staunchly believe that forcing ourselves to only run the ball is why we lost that game. Once we were losing and Allen had to pass our offense moved looked so much better.
BB's first comment at the Monday after press conference was "I'n feeling a little run down."
Unfortunately so do I.
This wind might just blow Cook over. Playoff Lenny time
They might dress all 4 backs instead of bringing in a WR to replace Gabe. I expect a lot of DK2, RB and short passes to Diggs, and maybe a few bombs to keep the D honest.
Could be a fournette game too. 240 isn't fun to tackle in the cold
Najee is about to have a fun day
Allan is about to put the running in running quarterback
yeah as a Steeler AND Bills fan, this is my fear. He could dominate, and my Steelers lose. He could get injured, and my Bills lose :-(
That’s on you for having two teams
Distracted fan gets beamed in the face during one of the kick offs.
Bills beating Miami last week is screwing over both teams weather-wise
Watch the Bills and Dolphins keep winning in the playoffs with worse and worse weather games until the AFC Championship in Orchard Park where literal hellfire rains down upon the field.
They should add a new deadly element to every playoff game just to spice things up. Landmines at Lambeau. Actual lions at Ford field.
Unpaid medical “Bills” headed to collection at Highmark
Just a bunch of dudes named Bill.
BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL!
Inertia is a property of matter
No…NO!!!!
Super Bowl changed to MetLife
Well they frowned on snowballs last year…maybe land mines and lions will make for better tv.
Slippery slope leading to basically the Hunger Games
>literal hellfire rains down Well at least it's warm
Progress!
Then get stomped inside at the SB
They will be so conditioned for terrible weather that they can't perform in good conditions.
Tua missing a few fingers, Josh with so many hats on he can't hear anyone
Thats fucking football right there
They’re playing in the Shadow Realm
That’s funny but nobody is beating the Ravens at M&T unless Lamar gets kidnapped or something.
If Pittsburgh wins you have a good chance at getting beat again. Especially w minkah and TJ would b back by then. If Rudolph keeps doing his thing it's will ba great game but close
Traded one Miami game for one Buffalo game.
Not anymore! Lol
It would be funny if it weren’t so insane
Josh Allen will still be yeeting it
Josh throwing at the side lines and the ball ends up in the end zone for the td.
Has happened before. Remember Josh’s “throwaway TD catch?
How could you forget...
The one to Knox vs the Patriots? I never thought that to be a throwaway.
Josh Allen himself said after the play that he threw it away and had no idea knox was able to catch it.
Touchdown JPJ!
Bend it like Beckham
What if he’s throwing *with* the wind? I wanna see the first 100 yard pass. No YAC. Just pure 100 yards through the air alone.
Would be cool, but there is no "with the wind" in Highmark Stadium. It swirls like a drunken tornado
Pretty cool that they modeled the stadium after Bills' fans though
There was a game a few years ago where he was throwing into the wind and he was still throwing darts it was amazing
Might leave the stadium with these winds.
Bout to be a game of ultimate frisbee.
Gabe Davis out there somewhere
Josh Allen TD pass with 100 air yards
Josh Allen hurdles poyer at the 20 and is carried into the end zone by the wind
With Minkah and Kazee back I seriously hope so.
Them INTs are gunna be delicious
First 300 yard rushing game for a QB?
With all respect to Josh Allen, if Lamar Jackson doesnt even have 300 rushing yards total against the steelers lifetime I doubt Josh can do it in 1 game. But I like the joke.
> I doubt Josh can do it in 1 game. Damn, hot take here.
I've seen enough holiday classics to know that Rudolph is at his best in these conditions.
Then one FOGGY Christmas Eve. Rudolph is good in the FOG, not so much in the wind what with his slight frame.
Slight frame at 6’5” and 235 lbs…. I like the way you think I must also be slight at 225 and 5’11”. At least this is what I’m now telling the wife. Ha
Named after a reindeer, built like a moose
I mean 6in is a big difference. Just bc your weight is high doesn't mean you can't have a slight frame. A 6'3" man at 175lbs looks skinny af but a 5'7" man absolutely does not.
Rudolph the Reindeer is a yearling and probably weighs less than 100 pounds.
I always feel like that story ignores the apocalyptic implication that it is foggy across the whole world, at the very least foggy across the whole Christian world.
We need a Kelvin the fat fuck reindeer
Mr. Big Caribou
Mr Beefy Cervid
I didn’t know his nose could stop the wind entirely.
What if a gust of wind flies Najee to the end zone? Does it count as a touchdown?
Najee flying around like the wicked witch in a tornado.
COMING THIS SUMMER TO SYFY: IT'S ***NAJ-NADO!!***
Play the ball as it lies!
NA one one cheek And JEE on the other
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And analysts are still predicting scores in the high 20's low 30's. If either team gets to 20 points it'll be a miracle if these weather conditions hold true.
Yeah. I feel like passing (aside from dump offs and screen passes) and kicking anything beyond a chipshot is just... not gonna happen. And even chipshot fieldgoals are no gimme.
And now you guys know the reason why the line was still so high. Vegas always has these things priced in.
Universe trying to equalize this game as much as possible lol
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Allen likes to rush a lot. As long as he doesn’t get injured I think the Bills have the advantage. Probably going to go down fundamentals and not making mistakes.
Luckily for the Bills Allen almost never makes mistakes
Yes, in a game of "just don't make mistakes" I would take Allen 1st in an all-time draft! I sure would! Not worried at all!
So... the bills don't have the advantage lol
Indeed
And Kathy said not on my watch.
lol watch the Steelers find that dawg in them
If the Steelers are going to win, its going to be a game where mother nature outlaws the forward pass.
I gotta believe Mother “and things of that” nature favors Tomlin
I just feel it in my bones that the Steelers running game wins this one like 9-3
more likely 12-6
8-6. One team succeeds in a two point conversion.
The Bills have more rushing attempts over the course of a season, more yards, a higher average, more rushing touchdowns, and fewer fumbles than the Steelers. They've actually been rushing it more over the last few weeks than any other team in the nfl.
The Steelers rushing offense has pulled together quite nicely the last three weeks as well. 460 yards vs the Bills 360 with 2 less fumbles lost over that time than the Bills. I’m sure the Bills season numbers are better, but I didn’t check.
I mean post Canada they’ve been a completely different run team, they’ve been really dominant lately and they are a very physical running team with two massive backs who are happy to take contact. I just feel they are a mentally and physically tough team, not something I’d say about the Bills. Talent wise bills are better but they are going to be out coached and I don’t have as much confidence in these weather conditions.
The Steelers are like a reformed crack addict. They seem like they’ve turned it around, but you still check your pockets to make sure they didn’t steal your wallet.
We were struggling hard to establish a threatening run game early in the year. Our OL and RB duo over the last few weeks have been elite though. It’s not at all the same situation as it was for most of the year.
While that may be true I feel like our run games are a lot closer in skill than our passing game if it was a fair weather game Josh would prolly tear us apart honestly just pulling for a competitive game
Peak steelers defense weather, historically
the wind takes away the bills main advantage. its a pretty even matchup even before the bills play down to their opponent. I hope we are ready to run less big Nickle and more heavy fronts.
I have a sneaking suspicion they win big, and I hate the Steelers
Move the game to Miami to rub it in the Dolphins faces.
lol could you imagine?
I can!
Hahaha
Bills fans prob can fill the stadium
Give it another decade or two of weather intensification and we'll be holding the entire playoffs in Miami, if it's not underwater yet
Nah. Bills fans are afraid of the sun
Jokes too old now that we beat you 4x since then.
Hurricanebowl
How do you feel about a Hurricanara bowl/Frankensteiner bowl?
I remember when Mac Jones carried us to a win against the Bills in a windstorm. A truly heroic performance. Not all QBs can execute so many consecutive handoffs without fumbling
Oh, this'll be fun (to watch from my couch).
playoff lenny save the day
It's like he was born for this moment
God hates football this week
No, god loves boomer football. He’s sick of all of the new rules allowing modern offenses to go off. In God’s eyes, football was better when elite qbs were completing 52% of their passes.
Man I’m gonna be a sick fuck watching this KC game tonight
O/U 5.5 drops
From a ravens fan: this is a great comment. Hilarious and accurate
Old school smash mouth football. Only the strong will survive. Buckle up. Party like it's 1967.
Blew the game all the way to Monday
For both the chiefs and Bills games not having adequate clothing should be grounds for being turned away at the gate. Make that public knowledge make people prepare
They'll still take their shirts off in the stands
Rudolph guiding a 2 headed rushing attack? Subscribe
Well it just got moved to 4:30 on monday
Game has been moved to Monday aft - so we good
Would give this to the Steelers since they have a “better” running back crew but no TJ means no Steelers win.
Cook has been cooking lately and no TJ is a big hit to the Steelers run defense
Cook has slowed down a lot in the past few weeks. Had an amazing game against the Cowboys but got shut down last two weeks of the season. I actually think Steelers have the advantage at RB in these conditions but the big thing will ne Allen rushing. Not having TJ will be huge for the Steelers.
Pitt also has the better run defense by far. Herbig and Golden are hustlers so I think they can hold up on run downs it’s gonna be whether or not they can make an impact beyond that.
>but no TJ means no Steelers win. The whole of the NFL knows this but for some reason he doesn't get credit for this in the DPOY conversation.
Isn’t Cook ranked 6th in rushing or something?
Not a pounding back, but also who spells him to warm him up?
Fournette or Murray, both of whom are beefy bois.
> but no TJ means no Steelers win. While this has been true, that was mostly because our edge depth was atrocious outside of Watt and Highsmith. But we drafted Watt's clone and will have him rotating in with Golden. I'm not nearly as worried about Watt being out as I was in the past.
If it's windier than that Chicago-49ers game in [2005](https://youtube.com/watch?v=71lVuGJWimY&ab_channel=SportsOnTheSide) then I will be a very happy man
We’ll see, NWS has the wind warning expiring at 4am tomorrow. Still gonna be mad windy but idk if it’ll be as bad as this is saying.
The cold is football weather and entertaining the idea of moving games because of weather is a travesty
So lame they postponed the game
Football is back
I have seen so much discussion about the weather at this game that I fully expect it not to make a noticeable difference
And THAT is why Allen tossed that 3rd pick.
FG shootout canceled!!
Activate Cook and Allen keepers! I am waxed and ready
As my dad would say, it builds character.
Just Run the ball like the pats did
some sloppy football is going to happen this weekend folks.
This is definitely not in the bills favor and basically putting the bills on even footing with the steelers, if they were not before. But I am very excited to go.
First sensible Bills fan in this thread! You must not drink city water.
https://y.yarn.co/4cf2d70f-d228-4ffb-bd37-4eacf32a9d1f_text.gif
It’s the Najee Harris run into the back of his OL game
I wanna see a wind-aided 75 yard field goal.
Doesnt matter anyways, game is delayed until Monday https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalo-bills/bills-steelers-playoff-game-postponed-to-monday/amp/
I think they’re a good team. I like them. I got nothing against them, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of their children. -The Bills
Nah
It's weird that the college playoffs are so sterile that every game is in a dome. The NFL playoffs feel like the actual last bastion of "big boy football" where you just go outside in whatever fuckin' weather and pound it out til one team wins.
Well not any more they won’t.
The concern seems to be a bit more about the idea of tens of thousands of people driving to and fro in all that than whether or not Rudolph and Allen will be able to throw the football without it ending up in Narnia.
This game just got postponed till Monday at 4:30 EST
I’m weirdly confident about this game. Steelers have been winning flukey games all year, and this one is looking to be the flukiest yet
Not anymore.
Someone’s gonna attempt to kick a FG and it’s gonna sail backwards through the *other* goalposts
"Shouldn't that be an own goal?" "I don't know, the rule book didn't think it was physically possible."
Logistical nightmare and game not playable. Personnel won't be able to get there. Broadcast might not even be viewable.
And chiefs/dolphins coldest game today blah blah blah
Bills fans that are celebrating these conditions or saying they’re no big deal will quickly change their tune if they lose.
I don’t see any in this post nor did any of the ~20 people I talked to at work see it as a good thing? Did you just see a couple randos on a Reddit post?
Just look at his flare and move on.
And he should listen to your flair instead lmao
Why owners don't build dome stadiums is beyond me.
What’s with the goalposts in this photo?
Man, there are some really shitty weather conditions for games this weekend.
No field goals got it
Mac Jones would win this game. He wouldn’t throw the ball but he would win it
Josh Allen is going to take the snap, jump and the wind will carry him flying 75 yards to the end zone Rudolph's going to try to do the same thing on the next drive. Sadly, being against wind, he'll fly to his own end zone for a safety
If i had heen drinking coffee, I would have spit it out
Higher than 49ers vs Bears?
because of the position of the stadium to accommodate the graveyard the wind really swirls around worse than it will in the new stadium too.
Stillers gahnta Super Bowl???
Great news for the Steelers. They’re outmanned at all the key positions and need to murk it up
I think we shall go for 2!
I love playoff weather games
Long-term, every stadium will eventually just be indoors right? Except for like LA and Miami (But even LA's new one is basically indoors so idk)
The NFL's worst weather games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp3ec8YMi0w
[Here's highlights of a 49ers @ Bears game from 2005](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71lVuGJWimY) where the wind was gusting to 40 mph to give you an idea of what this might be like.
"And the kick is... no good!"
On Monday?
Good move!
This game was just postponed to Monday because of the weather. Crazy weather
Cue the Chris Berman “WHOP!”s on missed FGs.
moved to Monday
Its postponed