Thank you, Virgil. A great read, as always.
You captured well my emotions (and my wife) after the game, so emotionally spent that it clearly effected us physically. We all probably put too much into this. But heck, that's why it is so fun, we are all dopamine seeking addicts. That's what makes the high so high, and, the lows so low. This one ends with a great high, and we all paid the price for it.
Having said that, I rarely disagree with your takes, but there is a big one for me today: Linebacker play??? Not sure what the game plan was for them, but I thought collectively it was one of the worse performances by Milano and Edmonds all season. Give the Colts credit, as madding as it was (and I really really agree with you on that point), it worked--just not enough. That may have had a bunch to do with M & E's poor play. But it seemed to me, especially in the passing game, they were eating us alive with the middle of the field underneath stuff and TE crossing routes, and that is what Linebackers are responsible for in pass coverage. Just my opinion. Hopefully that can be corrected quickly, if not, teams will try to exploit it.
Regardless, I'll take the win and move on--that's what you do in the play-offs.
GO BILLS!!!!