ExiledInIllinois

Yet... As fans we act like Patton:

How does one come out and say: "I don't want to compete because I am stressed about dying?" Never before did a team face death face to face on the field. This team did. They blocked it off with a human wall to stop the prying cameras of today from viewing, recording it. Even the Bengals players were walled off to a certain extent. The PTSD is different for the players that have to put themselves right back into the situation that caused the stress. Probably the first time in their careers they thought about how dangerous their occupation reallt is. Not using it as an excuse, yet it probably isn't a coincidence that the team was off the next time they met the Bengals. Just saying... I will give them a bad game solely for that reason. Remember, everyone handles stress in different ways. These guys aren't robots.

Did you check the old abbey? 😉

"If the hound didn't stop to take a sh*t, it would have gotten the fox."

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things Before we married mommy served in the WACs in the Philippines" Now I had heard the WACs recruited old maids for the war But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years Mommy's all right Daddy's all right They just seem a little weird Surrender, surrender But don't give yourself away Hey, hey...

I’d like to rest my heavy head tonight On a bed of California stars I’d like to lay my weary bones tonight On a bed of California stars I’d love to feel your hand touching mine And tell me why I must keep working on Yes, I’d give my life to lay my head tonight On a bed of California stars I’d like to dream my troubles all away On a bed of California stars Jump up from my starbed and make another day Underneath my California stars They hang like grapes on vines that shine And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine So, I’d give this world just to dream a dream with you On our bed of California stars

Yeah... Guess they bridge the decades.

This one is for guys like @Gugnyand myself that are stable with our own masculinity & music and would have no problem walking around a Lilith Fair. 😁 How about Folk/Jangle Pop '90s Mt.Rushmore: Indigo Girls Sarah MaLachlan Jewel Melissa Etheridge

Nirvana Green Day Fugees Oasis Honorable mention, if Noel & Liam can't play nice up there: Garth Brooks 😆🤣... Digest that.

AND Bills were playing like players that have dealt with death. Yet... That was before their PTSD incident...

What a set of pipes! No assistance needed...

ESSAYONS! "Riprap catnap!" https://www.cnet.com/culture/internet/us-army-corp-of-engineers-cat-calendar-is-so-bad-its-totally-brilliant/ You can download it here:

And the perfect season is overrated IMO. Only 14 games and 5 team playoff per conference back then. Season is much more grueling now. Miami only had 3 games total with SuperBowl and only 17 games. Bills already played 18. It's a myth it was a harder hitting game back then. Players are faster, stronger, and hit harder today.

They saw more than we will ever see... And this is even beyond first responder level... Because they have to keeping throwing themselves into the buzz saw. It's PTSD level I suspect...

Coming from you this is shocking. I agree. The shock of watching Damar die and be brought back to life. This week also coincidentally was the week Hamlin was coming into the facility. Maybe that wasn't such a smart move from a motivation factor...

It's almost like McD threw the game. He knew in the previous game that Taylor wanted the ball after winning opening toss... Yet, McD wins the toss yesterday and gives the ball to the Bengals. In bad weather to boot! When you find yourself on bad ground... Don't defend it! Move forward as quickly as possible and vacate it! Getting on their heels in a 14 point hole in bad weather was deadly!

Because they game planned for the weather better. Bills game planned wrong. Chose to defer and got behind 14-0. The weather had a lot to do with it, the Bills planned poorly and got behind. The first game Bengals won toss and elected to receive. This should have tipped their hand at what they wanted to do... Jump out to early lead. Yesterday, Bills won toss... They should have not given the Bengals the ball to start. Bills should have attempted to jump out to early lead! Especially with the weather. The weather demoralized the Bills after getting down quickly. Always push your troops forward on bad ground. The Bills for some inexplicable reason went back on their heels!

That's with Allen on the tiller. You forgot the listless performance against JAX in "Florida" weather... But he's also won: Home against Indy Home against Baltimore Home against, dismantled NE* Home against Miami That puts him @ what? 4-5 in playoffs.

Dolphins are 1-9 against Bills since 2018. 1-2 this year. Sorry... But I gotta give McDII (McDaniel) another season to judge him.

I think they were harboring ill feelings all along. Since last year when everyone anointed the BFLo-KC Divisional Game as the de facto SuperBowl. Then the early nasty play before Hamlin got hurt in the game that was cancelled... They had to bite their lip during the sappy parts of that ordeal. Don't underestimate motivation. They felt disrespected and had a ton of motivation. It made them burn inside to get us back. They did, oddly on Hamlin's return to the stadium. They find the Bills inexplicably with no gas in the tank and a steady snow fall coming down. It was all she wrote... And they finally stuck a fork in this crazy juggernaut of a season. 😔😟🙁 Burrow just bought a farm though! How redeeming is that! 😉 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2023/01/10/joe-burrow-buy-farm-iowa-blake-griffin-kevin-gausman-patricof/69796093007/ He wants to be like Josh!

A picture says a 1,000 words. Bloody elbows and all:

Josh is 26. Elway was 38 & 39 when he finally won SuperBowls. Hope the Bills get a running game sooner than when Elway did... Or, they are Denver. Didn't they lose an AFCCG to the Bills 10-7 in Orchard Park. Yet... They lost to the Chicago Bears in week #1.

That was always what I picked for my birthday dinner as a kid!

Some good classic mojo!

Anybody remember the 1975 run?