Utah John

I did nothing unusual except try to relax during the second half. I kept thinking about the fact that the Bills were ahead, and that Josh and the rest of the offense was taking pristine care of the ball. Ultimately it worked. No screaming, no special clothes, just being one with the moment and being willing to trust what came would suffice. And THAT was what I did to make the team win. From Cool Hand Luke, "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." You're welcome.

Drink a lot of water. Or something.

Has anyone noticed the similarity between Bass missing a tying FG at the end of last season's playoff loss to the Chiefs, and the Ravens missing a tying 2 pt conversion last night? In both cases, the team that could have scored to tie, left the other team's very potent offense time to take the kickoff and go down and score before the end of regulation. The miss ended hopes for the losing team but would NOT have ended the game. And if I'm not mistaken both plays occurred at the same end of the field. Now the Ravens get to spend an offseason gnashing teeth, just like we did.

I pointed out on the game thread that there have been other calls this year, not all involving the Bills, where an O lineman swats down the hands of the defender, and gets called for holding. As I posted, the league should have made sure its part-time employees all got the memo that this isn't a penalty. But maybe it is supposed to be a penalty, and all fans and all announcers and all players simply don't understand the rule. Time to pull out Occam's Razor and see what makes the most sense.

I do NOT want the Bills to have a single primary receiver. Kincaid has the talent to be a primary receiver but if we get so there's a The Guy then the defense can take that away. When the Bills have half a dozen guys all working to get open, they're much more effective as long as it's a great QB looking over the field and spotting the open guy.

When the Ravens got their last TD, there was 1:33 left in the fourth quarter. That would have been plenty of time for the Bills offense to get into FG position. Certainly the failed 2 pt try just about ended things, but there was every chance the Bills could have won the game with a late score.

When Josh hugged Lamar, Lamar had the good grace to smile at him. Good on him.

I'm alone so no one to shade me about my tears.

Ravens gotta try an onside kick.

The Ravens tactic is to assume they'll score and get two. Otherwise why bother. So they don't want to leave Josh with time to score at the end.

Fake injury to stop the clock.

What on earth was the reason for running Josh in a standard run play.

The refs collected their standard 1 yard tax.

Better that Allen didn't score on that run from the 7. More time off the clock.

Ten yards away from a 2 score lead.

Holy *****.

I don't think Allen is off as much as the play calling stinks.

Obvious hold against Shakier. Geez.

Romo keeps saying the Bills have to go "down with Allen". Personally I'd rather them win, however they do it.

Cook could have gotten the edge but the first down was there for the taking.

Doesn't it look like the refs take a yard away from each play by the Bills offense?

This feels like the second half of the fourth SB loss. The offense stays in the locker room and the defense can't get stops.

TD! And THAT is why he's the MVP. No other QB makes that play.

Bills moving slowly to kill the clock, and score at the end of the half. Could work.

Dawkins gets called for holding and no one on THAT.