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Yes because the Bills are flat out more talented. I fear the refs

This is fair. That 3rd Bills drive which ended up in the long FG was the drive they could have done that, and chose not to.

I think you can only challenge a spot on whether its a first down or not

that's a fair point. I wonder if McDermott was going to go FG unless it was at like under half a yard. They got a BAD spot on that 2nd down and it 3rd and a long 2. I think what they were debating does tush push get you 1.5 yards?

That's just homecrowd and refs

so post game there seems to be a lot of debate on the 2nd half offense. During the game - I hated it. Immediatly after the game - I hated it. Now? I think I kind of appreciate it. So hear me out. The first drive, the Ravens stuffed the offense. Bills even went misdirection on first and the Ravens brought so many they still for the stuff. They stopped the Bills and forced the punt, not really anytning conservative or bad about the playcalling. They respond with a FG right? At this point the Bills were pretty intentional abou their play calling. Play for first downs. Go 3-4 yards at a time. They had runs and quick throws, and challenged the Ravens to tackle in the open field. They did that. The Ravens get their best drive of the game, HAMMERING the Bills in the run. D never stoppe dthem on first. But you know what they DID do? stop the 2 pointer, and now it's 21 - 19. Again the Bills get the ball. Again they go small ball. This time, they inch their way to multiple first downs. They took 4.5 minutes, 10 plays to go 37 yards and then get a FG. The defense comes back, and this time they get the Ravens out of their run game. They forced them into a 4th down conversion. On the Andrews fumble it was 2nd and 11 after a first down stuff. If the Bills went aggressive their last drive, and go 3 and out. Are the Bills effective on D? That's the question right. Bills have the ball. It's off a turnover. It's an opportunity to get aggressive. Instead they take 5:12 to go 50 yards in 11 plays. Josh couldn't bust it in from 3rd and 2 on the 2, they kick the FG...and the Ravens only have 3:23 to score. They did that, and it left 1:33 left with Allen having 2 possessions, so even if Bmore ties it, you gotta believe Allen wins it. Folks the Bills had an 11 point lead going into the 2nd hald and limited the Ravens to just 4 possessions in the 2nd half. That is the very definition of complementary football, and controlling the clock so you always have the advantage at the end of the game So I didn;t at first love the 2nd half strategy...byt when I looked at them having just FOUR possesions, and the defense forcing a FG? That's just great game management. I'm now 100% complimentary of how the Bills played complementary football to win this game in the 2nd half.

Playcall was fine becasue it was 5 yards to give yor Buffalo of a QB momentum

He didn't choke. Elite QB

nah as I keep thinking about it playing for first downs and time to keep the defense fresh was probably the right move.

I think the Bills D won this game with 2 plays - the stop of the 2 point conversion. Forcing them into a FG in th 2nd half.

Guess I'll keep saying it eveyr few pages but the Bills had no pass rushers available to them because all of them were utterly gassed. They tried to blitz twice and both times the blitzers just fell over at first contact. The Bills HAD to go deep zones because they had no other choice. The ravens forced them into that position.

Once the Bills got the 21 - 10 lead the Bills game plan on offense change significantly to protecting their defense.

Yiou're giving him credit for this? No coach in the sport should have gone for that

In game and post game I was thinking this, but right now? I’m wondering if it was intentional to run the clock out on the Ravens offense and win this game with the ball in Josh’s hands. Every play they ran was meant to keep the clock running and inch their way to first Downs’s maybe that’s just great strategy

Or worn out their own defense with quick possessions right? I kinda hated it? But I get it

Ravens were flat out the most talented team in the league, especially on offense. Combining that line with Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson and Justice Hill with good WRs and an elite TE room? That’s a freakin cheat code. just really happy with how the bills D kept their heads in the game, never lost resilience and stayed opportunistic. Part of the reasons bills kept conservative on O was to eat clock and keep the pressure off the D. I thought that went too far with that but to some extent that worked to

The latter. Also the bills were playing in its fire in risk/reward after getting torched that first drive playing exclusively zone. They guessed more often than not and Babich tried to out flank Monken. dueled him to a standstill honestly

Man bills forced both those turnovers. Damar Hamlin had a great game out there

He wasn’t the best QB in this game, but he also didn’t have any TOs and that was huge it turned out

Again, gassed. We didn’t have any pass rushers. And last time we blitzed we had a 6 man pile up at the LOS as they all just fell over

If Andrews doesn’t drop it? 1:33 and Allen with the ball and a pair of TOs. You really think Allen ain’t gonna get it done?

This defense got the offense a 21-10 lead with the ball. Hats off

So on the replay if he catches…is it over the line??

Defense was out of gas which was the bigger issue

nah that team is more talented. Never apologize for winning