Bills vs. Broncos Predictions: Can Buffalo End Losing Streak?

by Brian Galliford on Dec 24, 2011 10:30 AM EST in Sponsored Posts

The Buffalo Bills have lost seven straight games, while the Denver Broncos have won seven of their last nine and are playing for an AFC West championship and a home playoff game. Obviously, it's easy to predict a Broncos win at Ralph Wilson Stadium today, and that's exactly what I'm doing here.

Denver's offense, led by its strong running game and orchestrated by Tim Tebow, is perfectly suited to exploit a slow Bills defense. Tebow and Denver's running backs are capable of getting to the edge, where Buffalo struggles in particular to defend the run. They should be able to establish their ground game early, opening up the play-action game, where Tebow and Demaryius Thomas have been effective.

Defensively, Denver's lethal pass rushing combination of Elvis Dumervil and rookie Von Miller are so fast and athletic that they should be able to disrupt Buffalo's timing passing offense by themselves - and as Chan Gailey has been mostly unwilling to be a run-first team this year, it's hard to imagine C.J. Spiller doing enough to keep the Bills in it for four quarters.

This, in my opinion, is just a poor matchup for Buffalo - just as it was in the pre-season, when they were dominated 24-10. I'll stick with the same score for today's game. What's your prediction?

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The streak stops today.

When the job is finished no one remembers how long it took, just how well it was performed.

by Buffalo for Eternity on Dec 24, 2011 10:31 AM EST reply actions

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by twoeightnine on Dec 24, 2011 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Nope. Just prescient.

When the job is finished no one remembers how long it took, just how well it was performed.

by Buffalo for Eternity on Dec 24, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions

Spiller is getting better and better. Wilson and Chandler are back. The O-line is resettled. Why can’t the Bills regain the magic today?
Tebow is a Florida guy playing in Buffalo in December for the first time. That might cause him some problems, especially with passing.

by JapanJohn on Dec 24, 2011 10:42 AM EST reply actions

If he passed.

And if Denver was Florida.

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by twoeightnine on Dec 24, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

High scoring affair

Tebow drops 6 tds by himself but they still lose 42-56

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by Gpluehri on Dec 24, 2011 10:43 AM EST via mobile reply actions

You have us scoring 56?!

Eggnog breakfast?

Come on Buffalo, please?

by bflo on Dec 24, 2011 11:39 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

Tebow fantasy qb need a miracle

Bills still win

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by Gpluehri on Dec 24, 2011 12:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I still feel drunk from last night.

100 proof captain and cola and I still have enough sense to know the Bills won’t score 56.

Denver 20 Bills 16

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by The Buffalo Kid on Dec 24, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions

Broncos 27 Bills 16

McGahee and Tebow combine for over 200 on the ground, plus he throws 2 TD’s.

We get a safety tho, so that will be nice. Stevie and CJ score.

Come on Buffalo, please?

by bflo on Dec 24, 2011 11:43 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

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Put that comment wherever it wanted, haha.

Come on Buffalo, please?

by bflo on Dec 24, 2011 11:44 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

Broncos @ Bills-Will the Bills get Tebowed???

What a mess the season has turned into, a win today would go a long way in giving the fans hope going into 2012. There is something magical about the way Tebow leads his team. I watched him through-out his college career and you could tell he has the it factor. How I was hoping he would be wearing the Bills Red, White and Blue.

Hey Fitz wake up and watch across the sidelines when Tebow interacts with his coaches and teammates instead of sitting at the end of the bench sulking by yourself.

Bills play better today but wear down as the Broncos run the ball between 40 & 50 times to control the clock. Tebow and McGahee both hammer the Bills as they rack up over 200 yards between them.

Broncos 27 Bills 17

Locks of the week:

Chiefs (-2.5) 24 Raiders 16, An old Fashion AFL fist fight!!

Cowboys (-1.5) 31 Eagles 27, Boys hot & cold today they’re hot.

Upsets of the week:

Chargers (+2.5) 37 Lions 31, It’s the Chargers time of year.

Seahawks(+3) 20 49ers 17, Lynch is in full Beast mode!

Cards (+4) 24 Bengals 21, Cardiac Cards are back!!!

Ho Ho Ho—Have a safe and Merry X’mas….

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by Goose22 on Dec 24, 2011 10:45 AM EST reply actions

Tebows 35 - Bills 21

I wish it would be close, but I don’t think it will be.

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by ChuckBuffInFlo on Dec 24, 2011 10:48 AM EST reply actions

Bills 23 Broncos 20 i hope!

by hurdle28 on Dec 24, 2011 10:49 AM EST reply actions

Denver 27 Buffalo 10

The Bills abandon the run after the first quarter, and it’s all downhill from there.

At least my christmas wish of beating the Pats came true.

Is this your homework, Larry?

by Schooled You on Dec 24, 2011 10:52 AM EST reply actions

DEN 17 BUF 31

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by APhoenixDestiny on Dec 24, 2011 10:54 AM EST reply actions

i saw something the other day that said buffalo currently sits around #10 if the draft were today, but how far can we climb if/when we lose our last 2 games?

by MLZNW02 on Dec 24, 2011 10:58 AM EST reply actions

Von miller 5 sacks, but tenor turns it over late and Wilson scores as bills win 13-7

by jesterz21c on Dec 24, 2011 11:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Von miller 5 sacks, but tebow turns it over late and Wilson scores as bills win 13-7

by jesterz21c on Dec 24, 2011 11:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions

who should they pay

SHOULD STEVIE GET PAID…SHOULD FRED..!..SHOULD ROSCOE STAY WHO DO WE DRAFT …JUST SOME? FOR MY FELLOW RUMBLES….I like fred but he 30trynah wit a broken leg an we do have come who has come to play recently when they let him…Stevie is something different…I mean Larry got paid an Stevie is having a better season then Larry even hurt…but he wants alot I read somewhere….id like to hear your thoughts

by emoney716 on Dec 24, 2011 11:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Larry got paid because he produces even with no real qb last year he put up 1200 plus yards and 7tds.

"This is a chance to shine some light on the city, They say it’s too cold. I’m going to bring some warmth to it." Marcell Dareus

by matthew62 on Dec 24, 2011 11:07 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Stevie put up over 1000 an 10I tds …not to far off unless ur calling fitz a real qb

by emoney716 on Dec 24, 2011 11:09 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

And larry has put up 1100 yards and 7tds this year. Plus larry has the best hands in the league. He van be counted on for the game winner. He has proven over many years he can put up numbers even if my grandma was slinging the rock back there. Fitzy and stevie should put up numbers. They practiced for so long togethor. If I put john skelton behind center I can not see stevie having great numbers. Just incase you did not know larry is in the top 6 wr this year and is usually is in the top 10. Until stevie.can catch the game winner and produce top 10 numbers cositantly he does not deserve larry fitzgerald numbers. Does he deserve to get paid yes just not as the best wide out in football

"This is a chance to shine some light on the city, They say it’s too cold. I’m going to bring some warmth to it." Marcell Dareus

by matthew62 on Dec 24, 2011 11:16 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Until stevie.can catch the game winner and produce top 10 numbers cositantly he does not deserve larry fitzgerald numbers.

Couldn’t agree more!!

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by Goose22 on Dec 24, 2011 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

55-0 Bills win.

Teblah throws 5 picks.

Ron Paul 2012

by BuffaloBlueBlood on Dec 24, 2011 11:12 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

Haha, Tebow doesn’t throw enough to throw 5 picks.

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by stetzwebs on Dec 24, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions

He’ll throw 5 times today.

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by BuffaloBlueBlood on Dec 24, 2011 11:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

4 to the ground lmao.

"This is a chance to shine some light on the city, They say it’s too cold. I’m going to bring some warmth to it." Marcell Dareus

by matthew62 on Dec 24, 2011 11:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Not so far off....

Haha!

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by BuffaloBlueBlood on Dec 24, 2011 3:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I want fitz to be on his game and spiller to continue to prove he is not a bust. That being said, I want to lose. No reason to win. Lose this game by a close margin and pound the patriots at Foxboro and we still get a decent spot in draft.

by UConnMRB on Dec 24, 2011 11:15 AM EST via mobile reply actions

I can see no way of the Bills pulling this one out. I’ll go 23-17, Broncos, and that’s because the Bills try to pull off another 4th quarter comeback to and fall short, like they did last week.

"Slowly all the roles we act out become our identity. And in the end we are what we pretend to be." - Jerry Cantrell.

by stetzwebs on Dec 24, 2011 11:33 AM EST reply actions

With the Broncos being a running offense I’m looking forward to seeing Aaron Williams do what he does best, and making some big plays against the run. I can see him causing a few fumbles, and the Denver offense putting the ball on the ground a lot, again.

We have trap game potential, here.
Bills 24 Denver 17

by jj24 on Dec 24, 2011 11:48 AM EST reply actions

Good Luck Today Bills!

Will be cheering you on very hard, you gets kicked our ass so I know you are capable kicking the Donkeys behinds. Again, good luck!

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by KC Nate on Dec 24, 2011 11:56 AM EST reply actions

Team Win

the team rallys around Fitz and has a well earned win! 28-21 to the good guys! LETS GO BUFFALO!!!!!!!!

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by BuffaloBillsBigestFan on Dec 24, 2011 12:08 PM EST reply actions

Bills FTW

Hook'em

by South Texas Chief on Dec 24, 2011 12:14 PM EST reply actions

How could the Bills possibly win?

Believe me: I love the Bills. Logically speaking though, nothing has changed. Denver is on a tear and the Bills are a patchwork quilt-about ready to be ripped in half (see what I did there?).

I’ve accepted that the Bills will not win again this season. The core of this team is on IR, so I just assume look to the draft.

I will still root for them once the game starts though…conflicted fan through and through.

Denver 24 Buffalo 13

by Mkas on Dec 24, 2011 12:17 PM EST reply actions

Sorry,

but i dont see a win as a positive.

Denver wins and they go to the playoffs, we win and we get worse draft postiion… why win?

Id like to see a better game out of Fitz and Spiller, but a win does nothing for this team, i dont buy momentum hoing into next season. A win against Denver and New England cannot wash away the 7 game losing streak that took us from a contender to a pretender.

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-Steve Tasker-

by billsoferie on Dec 24, 2011 12:19 PM EST reply actions

As fans its an easy thing to say a win is not positive. If the players give up I want ever single one of them cut and the team sold to la.

"This is a chance to shine some light on the city, They say it’s too cold. I’m going to bring some warmth to it." Marcell Dareus

by matthew62 on Dec 24, 2011 12:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Right,

i dont expect them to tey to lose or not try, But a lose helps a win does not

"The Buffalo Bills have just exploded all over the Cincinnati Bangles"
-Steve Tasker-

by billsoferie on Dec 24, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions

A win shows improvement. A wun shows cofidence. A win shows they believe in themselves. if they go on a 9 game losing streak thats moving backwards. I want a win before a draft pick. if they do not win one of these last two you might see a bigger failure next year. If we lose to denver and ne I for see a front offce change in week 9 when gailey has gone on a 18 game losing streak. I believe the coaches are close to losing the team if they can not find a way to win imo.

"This is a chance to shine some light on the city, They say it’s too cold. I’m going to bring some warmth to it." Marcell Dareus

by matthew62 on Dec 24, 2011 12:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions