Buffalo Rumblings
Here we go, Bills Mafia! We’re picking sides tonight for Thursday Night Football, and the best option is to root on the Cincinnati Bengals. Why should you care who wins? That’s a great question, actually! The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently 4-1, and serve as a problem for the Buffalo Bills. With one less loss to their ledger, the Steelers are a bit ahead of the Bills and in possession of the two seed in the AFC playoff race.
Yes, so much can and will happen between now and Week 18, but what’s needed now is for Buffalo to gain back a little ground in the playoff race. That starts in Week 7 with the Steelers losing. Does 40-year-old Joe Flacco have enough magic left in his arm to help the Bills this evening? It would seem Flacco’s at least willing to entertain the idea, given his tour around the NFC North has never had him play in Pittsburgh.
Okay, I admit that hoping the 2-4 Bengals pull off a big divisional win against the Steelers doesn’t feel like advantageous odds, especially when you consider that Flacco just arrived this past week. Yet, Flacco played decently last week in a losing effort against the Green Bay Packers. He’s clearly still interested in throwing the football a ton (45 pass attempts), and he looked to wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (12 targets, 10 catches for 94 yards, 1 TD) and Tee Higgins (8 targets, 5 catches 62 yards) often.
Divisional matchups are always a 50/50 proposition, but for Flacco and the Bengals to show up against Green Bay could prove promising tonight against fellow greybeard Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh. Will the Steelers drop to 4-2 after tonight? Keep your fingers crossed, Rumblers!
Be sure to check out the Bills’ Week 7 Rooting Interests here at Buffalo Rumblings. With that, here’s your open thread for Week 7 of Thursday Night Football. As always, be kind to one another — and in all things… Go Bills!
