Los Angeles, Calif. (WGR 550) - The Buffalo Bills travel to Los Angeles to take on the Chargers with another opportunity to continue their playoff push.
To do it, here are my three keys the game, plus notes and stats:
1.) Let them know early
The Chargers have fired their head coach and replaced him with an interim head coach. They’re coming off an embarrassing defeat on national television.
They would love to bounce back and show the country that wasn’t indicative of who they are.
The best way for the Bills to not let that happen is to jump on them early. Let them know it will be a tough night, and give them no hope to all the upset.
2.) Air raid… and pound it
This isn’t to say the Bills shouldn’t run the ball against a Chargers defense that’s ranked in the bottom half of the league against the run, especially given the way they ran it last week against the Dallas Cowboys, because they should.
But Los Angeles’ defense is near the bottom of the NFL in both passing yards per-game allowed (261.4) and per-play allowed (7.1).
This is a game where Josh Allen may be able to take over with his arm, and then lean on the running game to close it out.
3.) Confuse Easton Stick
Chargers quarterback Easton Stick has been in the league five years, but he has very little game experience, starting once (last week) and throwing a total of 57 passes in his career. He hasn’t seen everything NFL defenses can throw at him.
Bills head coach/defensive play-caller Sean McDermott should do whatever it takes to confuse him, and not let him know what’s coming or when it is.
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