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thatsapickle
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dallas, TX
Joined: 03.08.2012

Oct 7 @ 9:10 AM ET
I'm going out on a limb, and guessing it will be the same lines tonight?
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Oct 7 @ 9:11 AM ET
Hopefully the Sabres don’t overlook the jackets. I know the jackets have been outscored 11-3.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Oct 7 @ 9:15 AM ET
Hopefully the Sabres don’t overlook the jackets. I know the jackets have been outscored 11-3.
- Sabretooth9


Blue jackets are going to be awful this year
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Oct 7 @ 9:15 AM ET
Hopefully the Sabres don’t overlook the jackets. I know the jackets have been outscored 11-3.
- Sabretooth9


If they stick to the game plan and keep attacking like they've been, then I think they'll be fine.
hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:21 AM ET
This is demonstrably false

The Bills are 10th in yards

The Bears are 29th

- OneKaneOneCup


So you would say the Bills move the ball well?
put down the Koolaide
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:26 AM ET
I wouldn't

it's a poor man's taxi driver like a few critics said, very good but I think a movie like the highway men was just as good if not better

endgames was much better IMO

- homiedclown


is it weird to like and not like a movie at the same time?
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Oct 7 @ 9:27 AM ET
I'm going out on a limb, and guessing it will be the same lines tonight?
- thatsapickle


Sabres don’t hold morning skate anymore ..... but I would assume so. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? [url]
OneKaneOneCup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.21.2013

Oct 7 @ 9:27 AM ET
So you would say the Bills move the ball well?
put down the Koolaide

- hubie

Yes, they move the ball well.

They’ve had multiple drive killing turnovers

They are one of the lowest 3 and out teams in the league
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Oct 7 @ 9:28 AM ET
If they stick to the game plan and keep attacking like they've been, then I think they'll be fine.
- HonkFortheGoose


I agree. If they keep it going they will be fine. I think I have major trust issues lol

I don’t trust the Sabres being a good team. Maybe if they start 50-0. I’ll start to believe
OneKaneOneCup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.21.2013

Oct 7 @ 9:29 AM ET
So you would say the Bills move the ball well?
put down the Koolaide

- hubie

They are 7th in the league in 1st downs
hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:30 AM ET
Yes, they move the ball well.

They’ve had multiple drive killing turnovers

They are one of the lowest 3 and out teams in the league

- OneKaneOneCup


25th in points scored.. great offense.... oh cause of a few turnovers
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Oct 7 @ 9:30 AM ET
So you would say the Bills move the ball well?
put down the Koolaide

- hubie



I would say they move the ball well. It's finishing drives that are the problem.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Oct 7 @ 9:32 AM ET
I agree. If they keep it going they will be fine. I think I have major trust issues lol

I don’t trust the Sabres being a good team. Maybe if they start 50-0. I’ll start to believe

- Sabretooth9


They still dont have such a bounty of offensive riches that they can give partial effort and win. Plus it seems like the system relies on there being no passengers. Itll be hard to keep up the intensity for an entire season, but that's what they'll need to do
hubie
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY
Joined: 06.28.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:32 AM ET
They are 7th in the league in 1st downs
- OneKaneOneCup


I forgot you win games by how many 1st downs you get, if thats the stat your going to use then we should have more than 90 points on the year.. right?

and of those 90 points 12 of them are from field goals. So 11 touchdowns though 5 games is a good offense?
OneKaneOneCup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.21.2013

Oct 7 @ 9:34 AM ET
25th in points scored.. great offense.... oh cause of a few turnovers
- hubie

“Move the ball well” was the point. They do that well.

Failing to covert is where they are struggling.

doppelthat
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 07.07.2012

Oct 7 @ 9:34 AM ET
The week they played the Steelers, they had to face Roethlisberger. It's not like they faced the Steelers that were playing their third string QB like ended up happening yesterday.

Yes, the Bears have faced some tougher opponents (Packers, Vikings), but they also played the Redskins, so if it doesn't count for NE, it doesn't count for them either. Jury is still a bit out for me on whether or not Oakland is a real threat.

- HonkFortheGoose


I don't think the Steelers offense would be a good offense with Roethlisberger in this year. But that's just a hunch. Still a lot of football left to see who is the better defense.
OneKaneOneCup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.21.2013

Oct 7 @ 9:34 AM ET
I forgot you win games by how many 1st downs you get, if thats the stat your going to use then we should have more than 90 points on the year.. right?

and of those 90 points 12 of them are from field goals. So 6 touchdowns though 5 games is a good offense?

- hubie

Holy poop dude.

You said they can’t move the ball. That’s incorrect

They move the ball.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Oct 7 @ 9:34 AM ET
I forgot you win games by how many 1st downs you get, if thats the stat your going to use then we should have more than 90 points on the year.. right?

and of those 90 points 12 of them are from field goals. So 6 touchdowns though 5 games is a good offense?

- hubie



Nobody's saying they're a good offense right now, but their problems aren't because they can't move the ball.
kritter65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2009

Oct 7 @ 9:34 AM ET
They are 7th in the league in 1st downs
- OneKaneOneCup


Seems like they get to their opponents 45 yard line easily and often, then it goes bad (sacks, turnovers, penalties, poor play calling, poor execution, something stupid, bad reffing, dropped passes).
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 7 @ 9:38 AM ET
This is demonstrably false

The Bills are 10th in yards

The Bears are 29th

- OneKaneOneCup

THIS

look at the offense last year vs this year


bad luck on sacks
bad luck on half their turnovers


once the o line gets worked out, and I think they will in 2 weeks, plus the addition of Duke

I expect the offense to be much closer to 24 points a game then 14 points a game


and our D has yet to get their buckets of turnovers


team is 4-1 and has made several coaching and game time mistakes by players on the field

no reason to not expect this to get much better
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:40 AM ET
Bills are 4-1, and the b1tching.... inevitably continues.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 7 @ 9:41 AM ET
25th in points scored.. great offense.... oh cause of a few turnovers
- hubie

the chargers and atlanta scores 2 more points a game then us

the offense is much improved from last season and will get better

I would rather have an offense getting 18 points per game but moving the ball on a regular basis then have a defense that allows 28 points per game

usually the offense is behind the defense when the season starts
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 7 @ 9:41 AM ET
Bills are 4-1, and the b1tching.... inevitably continues.
- TheSabresTaco

I said yesterday people will complain before noon
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:42 AM ET
Murph and Tasker had a guest on the radio around 1pm on Friday. This guy guaranteed a Bills win, because the Titans can't put two good performances in a row together. He basically said they can't get out of their own way.

(frank)in nailed it.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Oct 7 @ 9:42 AM ET
I said yesterday people will complain before noon
- homiedclown


Did they laugh at you
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