I feel for the Detroit fans but I had this weird feeling that if the Bills got to the SB against them that they would beat us this time. So I wanted them out. At the same time though Washington looked scary good tonight and Daniels is the real deal. I definitely dont want to lose to them in a SB (shades of 1992, which was a real beat down).
Anyway great game for the neutral fan.
Stroud looks like he is reading an airport sign trying to find his gate when he looks at what the defense is giving him. Thats why he was sacked 8 times. I would give him some slack because he obviously strained his knee in the first half but so many of the sacks were just indecision. In the end I think 2 factors decided this. Ryan made some really dumb decisions coaching. Going for the long FG that was missed was a bad idea. Should have punted or went for it. The decision to go for it on 4th and 10 in the 4th with 10min left was also dumb. The field position shift was huge and they didnt really recover after. The 2nd factor was the awful kicker for Houston. Missed a FG and a PAT then gets his FG blocked (maybe I can excuse him for that a bit). Not just a loss of 7 pts but the Chiefs scored an easy 7 on the drive after the missed FG. So the kicker literally caused a 14 point shift in the score.
As much as it hurts to say Jackson has been great this year at his passing and decision making. But that erratic Lamar is still there somewhere and if we can put some pressure on him by being up by a few points and no pressure release with Henry, we can win this game!
The perfect scenario is the Bills getting up in this game and Lamar entering panic mode and having to abandon Henry to start passing . A rattled Lamar trying to play hero ball and throwing erratically in a playoff game has happened before. Now add in the incredibly cold conditions and we might really have an advantage here. Lets hope so.