Bounce Back: Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52953 Location: Havre, Montana

Teams: Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals
Date: October 14th, 2012
Time: 4:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
TV: CBS
Radio: Sirius Channel 137

Time to get that nasty taste of Thursday out of our mouths and bounce back to playing good football and winning games.

Buffalo has decided to stay in the Valley all week after just playing in SF yesterday. See how they adjust to that.
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#1CARDSFAN · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 23284

This is the game that if the team plays as poorly as they did last week they are not mentally ready to make a playoff run this year.

Boise&cards Fan · Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 3064

It will be a interesting game that for sure.
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That right I won. Thank you NS922 for the Sig.

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52953 Location: Havre, Montana

Gotta stop the run. Gotta, gotta, gotta stop the run. Do not let Spiller outside.
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stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52953 Location: Havre, Montana

The team is practicing today though how much they do is unknown. I'd expect Whiz to keep if fairly light.
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DDOCKETT90 · Joined: 25 Mar 2011 Posts: 699 Location: GILBERT, AZ

I hope our hurt guys all come back we need them!
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matthouston91 made it!

Yibbyl · Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 2175 Location: Redding, CA

I had said earlier that if we lost an OLman in the SF game we (my Bills) would be screwed. So, of course, we lost RG Brown (our 3rd string RG who actually played well BTW!!!) and have 2 practice squad linemen flying in to play this Sunday. Calais is gonna rage hard! Prior to this injury, I thought we had a legit chance of taking the Cards down, now even with the Williams injury, it's all on the Cards. The only way the Bills win this game is if the Cards beat themselves. The weird thing about this game is that it could have been a shootout! Kind of strange saying that about the Cards!

Wanny doesn't call many blitzes or even stunts & Mark Anderson is injured, so your OL may not even have to have much assistance chipping, etc. Any rush we get is gonna come from the inside anyway. Kolb and Housler should have a field day against the Bills, and actually, given how often I've seen Fitzgerald & Roberts run some quick routes this year, they might have good games as well. Kolb will be the key to the Cards' win and since Snyder is the only likely OL leak against Wanny's playcalling, he'll easily see it coming and sidestep out of the way. Even if Williams was healthy, the Bills wouldn't have given up the yards on the ground like in previous games...the Cards OL just isn't built to get the holes the Jets, Pats (vs our nickel), & 49ers made.

Defensively, I expect Calais & Washington to get a lot of pressure inside, which is going to force Fitzpatrick out of the pocket...not his strong suit. I'm expecting Fitz to turn the ball over a lot because of this. Our running game might have kept us in this game, but Chan will abandon it (as he always does) as we try to play catch up.

ST are very evenly matched. We both have punters kicking very well and dangerous return men. Placekickers are respectable.

Anyway, Cards win 30 - 17! I would have said Bills win 28 - 27 had Brown not been injured...I am after all a Bills fan 1st! Wink

Here's to an injury-free game - Lord knows both teams need one!
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younggun1273 · Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 7145 Location: Tempe

Buffalo has been taking a beating this year. Their defensive line has been a major disappointment. However I still do not like the idea of Mario Williams vs our awful tackles, no matter how bad his play has been this year.

I have been impressed with Kolb this year. He has really done a good job improving his play. He stays in the pocket, keeping his eyes downfield, he has been able to extend plays sometimes, and he has completed a number of huge throws on 3rd and 4th down. For someone who takes a pounding by the media as well as defensive ends, he has been able to convert 3rd and longs, 4th downs (Dolphins game as example) and for the most part, has not turned the ball over. The INT in the endzone against the Rams was horrific but I have been pleased with Kolb this year.

I do agree however that if the Cardinals can't win at home vs a reeling Bills team, this team has no right to be talked about as a team making the playoffs, despite a potential 4-2 start. The offense needs to look NOT awful.
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Justo on the sig

khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 49319 Location: New New York

Cardinals will be in black for the game. Seemed to go alright last time they came out in the black uni's.
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Patrick Peterson 2013 Coverage Metrics. 47 targets, 20 catches allowed, 303 yards, 3 INT, 3 TD

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J-ALL-DAY · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 19455

khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 49319 Location: New New York

khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 49319 Location: New New York

In 2011 plus this season Arizona is 9-2 at home, in 2011 plus this season the Bills are 2-9 on the road.
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Patrick Peterson 2013 Coverage Metrics. 47 targets, 20 catches allowed, 303 yards, 3 INT, 3 TD

The Big Brain am winning again, I am the Greetest.

khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 49319 Location: New New York

Really hope Horton got a good look at the five games to date over the weekend and realised that Fleming is indeed our second best corner right now.
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Patrick Peterson 2013 Coverage Metrics. 47 targets, 20 catches allowed, 303 yards, 3 INT, 3 TD

The Big Brain am winning again, I am the Greetest.

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52953 Location: Havre, Montana

khodder · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 49319 Location: New New York