Miami at Buffalo: Trap Game?

a lot of people were saying the Pats game last week was the biggest game in a long time for the Dolphins. And this one coming up against the Bills shouldn't be far behind.

If we want a shot at the playoffs and/or the division...we have to beat the Bills next week. Even though the Bills have been struggling lately, division games are never easy and they will be ready, and I'm sure we will be too.

The Bills have a better team than the ones we've been playing nailbiters with the past month and a half or so. We cannot afford to look ahead past anyone, especially a division rival playing for pride. I'm sure Sparano will install a must-win statement game mentality. This game is do or die

I just hope J.P. Losman doesn't play. If so, Lee Evans will have 200+ and 3 TD's.

"Cool Calm Mike wrote:

I just hope J.P. Losman doesn't play. If so, Lee Evans will have 200+ and 3 TD's.

ord. Those two combine to kill us seemingly every time. Very annoying. Trent Edwards had a groin problem today, so he may be riding pine next week as well. The one good thing is that J.P.'s confidence appears to be shot and the Bills seem to be in a downward spiral that they can't escape from. Even with all of that though, no way is this a trap game.

Miami needs to get into the mindset that their playoffs start next week. If they lose, they are through. Take that mentality into Buffalo (Toronto) and execute accordingly.

I'd rather see Trent Edwards too I think. Miami will likely be favored in this one. Buffalo has only won a single game since the last time we played them. They are done. They certainly can beat Miami but so can the 49ers and Chiefs.

We have great Bills fans that visit and post here at our site, let's keep it classy.:wink2:

It is hard to call any game a trap game the way we have been playing the last month and a half, every single one of them we could just as easily win as we could lose them.

Looking at the Bills, Marcus Stroud on Samson Satele and "whomever" we have playing guard for us is not encouraging and McCree is not the patsie he was in the last game, against Cleveland he played great.

Buffalo is not a trap game... St. Louis is a trap game. KC is a trap game. This game against the Bills is vital.

Like someone else said before this game is the hinge to the playoffs. If we lose it's a major struggle to get back into the picture because our division & conference records would sink to a point that even with a tie with teh Pats we are on the outside.

4 games left and Miami can win any and all of them depending on which version of the team shows up and how banged to hell we are by then.

Indy should go 3-1 in it's final four, The ravens should at least go 2-2 but realistically they could drop 3 of the last 4 as they have a rough path. The Pats have an easy run this last four realistically they should go 3-1 if they lose to Arizona - ideally buffalo will be 7-8 at that point and looking to spoil it for NE and pull off a huge upset the last game of the season.

Huge game but if the Fins play like they have been the past few weeks a win will be almost impossible. The Fins need another game like the last time they played Buffalo and the Defense needs to get back to how they were playing a few weeks ago.

"sking29 wrote:

Huge game but if the Fins play like they have been the past few weeks a win will be almost impossible. The Fins need another game like the last time they played Buffalo and the Defense needs to get back to how they were playing a few weeks ago.

This is where Sparano proves his meddle as a coach if he can get these guys to rise up and take at least 3 of these last 4 games.

Does the KC game worry anybody else as much as it does me?

"Hero13 wrote:

This is where Sparano proves his meddle as a coach if he can get these guys to rise up and take at least 3 of these last 4 games.

Does the KC game worry anybody else as much as it does me?

I am with you there brother Steve.

the niner game scares me more, that team will come to play. good thing its at home

Look, we hold no tie breakers...every game is a trap game, or must win game however you want to put it...we need to win out and may still need NE, Indy or Balt to falter for us to get in...

As to the jills, after playing down to the competition so far pretty much all season, this shouldn't be a problem...just play one point better than the jills and we're fine...

I know it's not a trap game. My post was a reference to a Bills fan who called our first meeting a trap game, but SRV deleted my post, so it makes no sense anymore.

We're fortunate it's being held in a Dome in Toronto, that will help our cause a bit, but we really, and I mean really need to step up and start dominating these games. These close wins are wreaking havoc with my heart every Sunday.

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Please keep threads, posts classy, and smack free.

Just kidding! I respect all division opponents.

I was gonna say :lol:

I'm just happy the "weather" will be "sunny and 72" in Toronto this Sunday!!

"opfinistic wrote:

We're fortunate it's being held in a Dome in Toronto, that will help our cause a bit, but we really, and I mean really need to step up and start dominating these games. These close wins are wreaking havoc with my heart every Sunday.

True, but it's better than the havoc from last year :tantrum:

I really wish I was going to this game now. This was the ONE game my Bills-season-tix-owning bro-in-law doesn't have tix too. Starting w/ last year, he's vowed to take us each year.

I'm not expecting it, but I'm hoping the Bills just mail it in the rest of the way after going 1-5 to follow up their 5-1 start.

"Larryfinfan wrote:

Look, we hold no tie breakers...every game is a trap game, or must win game however you want to put it...we need to win out and may still need NE, Indy or Balt to falter for us to get in...

not true... if we win out, we win the division... we dont need any help from this point on... if we win our next 4 games we are AFC east champs and at worst a 3 seed...

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

I know it's not a trap game. My post was a reference to a Bills fan who called our first meeting a trap game, but SRV deleted my post, so it makes no sense anymore.

You post was deleted as it was smack, and not very cool towards Bills fans.

"DolfanTom wrote:

True, but it's better than the havoc from last year :tantrum:

I really wish I was going to this game now. This was the ONE game my Bills-season-tix-owning bro-in-law doesn't have tix too. Starting w/ last year, he's vowed to take us each year.

I'm not expecting it, but I'm hoping the Bills just mail it in the rest of the way after going 1-5 to follow up their 5-1 start.

I remember nothing from the '07 season Tom. Stop messing with my brains.

"padre31 wrote:

It is hard to call any game a trap game the way we have been playing the last month and a half, every single one of them we could just as easily win as we could lose them.

Amen. If these players think they can let down for Buffalo, they've already lost. Buff is capable of putting a lot of points on the board and with Marshawn playing, well ... he can do what Steven Jackson did, except all day long. This is our toughest remaining game, next to @ NYJ.

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

You post was deleted as it was smack, and not very cool towards Bills fans.

I don't disagree. I'm just saying there is now a disconnect between the title of the thread and the OP. I was making a clarification. I repeat: I do not view this game as a "trap game", as some Bills fans saw our first matchup.

I'm hoping this has been a midseason lull and the Dolphins are gonna step it up and look more like the Dolphins from a month and a half ago... Ferg, be a tree-trunk again; Ronnie, just keep doing what you do; O-line, let's see some desperation with your play!