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dear god let it happen

LOL profootball talk posted this before a Watson to Browns article. It's in the first sentence! https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/03/18/report-dennis-allen-flew-to-los-angeles-to-sit-down-with-michael-thomas/

Any reason why the Tim Settle signing hasn’t been official yet?

Buffalo @ LA a lock for the season opener now

do we know why they haven't announced the Tim Settle signing? I have Mckissic PTSD

when they broke into the news during commercials on NFL network for some reason I got a weird feeling and knew it was Bills related haha weird. pumped for the game @ LA this year!

WHO F****** CARES ITS NOT YOUR MONEY!!! this dude will bring serious knowledge to the young players on DEF

He’s much much better than Brieda

yea whats that gonna do to A-Rob's price?!

i think it's because he was released and not a straight free agent. right?

I heard this podcast and his thoughts which I agree with. The next day on GMFB Kyle Brandt yes “Mount up Kyle Brandt” said it was basically ludicrous that Simmons would say that on his podcast and that it was a terrible take. Interesting.

field looking 🔥

Thanks for reading and the support! Yea I read somewhere, probably here, that Bass was practicing to the side and didn't get the squibb call that was given in the special teams huddle on the sideline. That's on the coaching staff

Thanks so much for the support! It’s nice that the actual games have finally become the highlight over off-season moves 😂

you're right!! Haha yea but it wasn't flowing streams of tears, more like a holy sh*t sob haha, will have to adjust that. Thanks!

Awesome uniform combos, just what I was hoping for! field paint looking awesome as well! https://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/98529-super-bowl-field-database-super-bowl-lvi-concepts/page/99/#comments

So I got inspired by a post on here the morning after the Chiefs loss and just started writing. I'm not even a writer, aside from some sh**t screenplays I'll never be able to afford to make. It felt good getting all those feeling onto the page and since I'm on year 2 of working from home and am completely bored outta my mind with my current job (film editor), I figured I'd give this a go. https://www.13seconds.co/columns/believe So the first of what will be a weekly column is up - I Believe. We'll hit on everything from film/tv to life bulls**t to lots of Bills coverage. Kind of like a Bill Simmons thing, maybe? As well as selling vintage sports goods and original goods to come. So give it a read sometime! Or destroy me here. Or follow on Instagram (13_secs) and Twitter (@13secs). The website is a work in progress, but I wanted to get the first article up ASAP. Thanks for your time. Go Bills!

LA is my hometown team and i've been a cincy fan since the akili smith and peter warrick days so it's my favorite non-Bills involved matchup. Wish I still had my warrick jersey!!

came to boards to post the same sentiment as OP and glad to have read this. I'm 38 years old. Never lived in Buffalo, never even been to Buffalo, but been to many road games over the years. I became a fan at 7 watching Jim Kelly, Thurm, Bruce and the rest. Cried through 4 Super Bowl losses, and sat stunned watching music city, and years analyzing everything during the drought like EJ Manuel practice pass completions. Hell I was completely convinced signing TO was going to bring us a championship. 3 weeks ago I checked flights to Buffalo on a whim from SLC (live in Utah now) and they were extremely reasonable for AFC Championship weekend. Hotel, car rental, everything super cheap. I figured best not to wait until the week of and try and save some money so I booked everything (fully refundable) with the thinking that it's not very likely the Bills will host but hey if it works out I know I'm gonna want to be there for my first home game. And then every single thing that needed to happen, happened. During the coarse of the game, emotions were up and down, but after so many years of yelling and swearing over every play, I mostly sit quietly and let things play out. Just me in the basement with my Bills blanket, JA white jersey, bills socks, and same pair of pants and underwear (washed) I wear for every game. Why do I even do that? Why do I only use the same coffee mug every gameday morning and never any other day of the week? When the Bills got the ball down 5 with 8:55 to go in Q4, I knew this was it. This was the drive. They were gonna take the entire clock, and score to win this thing. Literally tearing into my blanket repeating "I believe" over and over and over again. And then Singletary gets tackled for a loss of 7 setting up 4th and 13 and it was like a building fell on top of me. Remembering blowing it vs Houston 2 years ago. Remembering last years AFC Champ loss to KC. It can't end here on 4th and 13. Not like this. I believe. I believe. I believe. Allen hits Davis in the endzone and the f***** miracle is happening. Some "woo's" and clapping and watered eyes of joy. BUT, theres 1:54 left which is obviously too much time for Mahomes. Great. Sat back down. Face back in blanket. I believe. A couple good defensive plays to start the drive, but then Kelce gets the 1st down. Another incompletion. And then...Tyreek goes for 60ish and the TD. And I'll never forget this weird feeling of...back to normal. I honestly smiled and laughed and felt calm. I think it's because that's what life is as a Bills fan. The opposite end of good things. I need therapy. BUT we still have Josh Allen. I believe. just over 1 min to go and they march down the field. The pass to Davis over the middle. The pass to Sanders along the sideline. The 4th and 4 scramble to extend the drive and save the season. And then.... a f*****ing rocket to Davis down the middle for the TD and we're ahead. I've never screamed, yelled, clapped or slammed my wall harder. I literally started crying. They did it. They actually did it. See we can have good things. I'm going to Buffalo for my first Bills home game and it's the AFC championship with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. It was destiny. Every single moment of frustration over this team in 30 years came out in those 30 seconds. Ok great, gotta go for 2 just in case but c'mon there's 13 seconds left. Allen scrambles, F*** we need this. Hits Diggs in the back of the endzone. Hell yea baby we did it. I'm so glad there's only 13 seconds left they can't do sh***t with that, good thing it's not 25 or 30. Who cares if they have 3 timeouts. Who cares that the DEF got beat all game. Maybe this is where the DB's step up and get a pick to seal it or just actually tackle someone. Ok McD kick it deep. Yea we're thinking kick it short to run time off but even if we kick to the 1 he might let it go in the endzone. Or squibb it on the ground and the last group before the returner snags it at the 20 and maybe gets 5-10 yards so KC could have slightly better field position. I get it. Sure they'd have less time, but maybe that doesn't matter. Play it safe and put them at the 25. Not what I would do, but crap I'm not a coach what do I know, I trust you. There's only 13 seconds left anyways. I believe. On the first play, watching the gap between the DL and the LBs and DBs was insane. Playing TD prevent defense when all they need is a field goal. Interesting strategy. I was instantly back to my normal feeling. The feeling of joy and happy tears evaporated as quickly as it came. I believe. Tyreek makes a catch. Ok great, now they only need 1 or 2 plays and Butker could probably nail 70 yarder anyway, just our luck! But there's no way the DEF comes out and plays that soft again since they only need 10-20 yards at this point. I believe. Kelce catches it, timeout, tie game. Once we lost the coin toss I knew it was over. I had no emotional investment in that period. Still muttering I believe as KC marched down the field with ease to win the game and end our season and end our best shot in 28 or so years at a Super Bowl. No trip to Buffalo for me. None of the images of screaming with ya'll at Rich Stadium that danced in my head for 3 weeks were coming true. I turned the game off once Kelce caught it in OT. My wife and dog came down to console me. My wife never watches with me, but somehow found the game streaming free on nfl.com and watched the whole 4th quarter upstairs on her phone. We laughed in shock and played with the dog. An all too familiar feeling of close but no, maybe next year, and if only's. As the night wore on I got more sad. I woke up probably every 20 minutes last night with my first thought being the ending. I got up even more sad. Teared up making breakfast. Watched the opening segment of GMFB but turned it off after that even though I watch every morning with breakfast. And now I'm here. Searching for answers. Searching for anything that can help. Nothing has. Maybe getting this off my chest will. But I'm just so tired. Tired of being good but not good enough. That's what being a Bills fan has been to me for 30+ years. Good but not good enough. And maybe that's why I love them. It's different for us right? Different than the Bucs sucking forever and then stumbling upon Brady and winning it all. We have to earn it right? We have to enjoy the journey. But I thought losing last year was the last bit of journey we needed. I guess not. I'm reminded of my favorite basketball team the Spurs, who dropped the 2013 NBA finals game 6 in similar fashion, with Allen hitting the corner 3. They were able to take that and come back with a vengeance the next year and destroy the Heat to win the 2014 Finals. Maybe the same thing happens with this Bills team. Dear God I hope so. But I thought last years loss to KC was that moment? Who knows how many more moments we need to get over the hump. Jordan had the Pistons. We have the Chiefs. But like all you other Bills fans, I live for the moments before 13 seconds. I no longer cry or get angry over screw ups. I cry and get emotional over the good things and the possibilities. Of coming so close you can taste it. I want to taste it. I'm so used to the feeling of dread that it's just a part of everyday life now. Maybe I really do need therapy. But that's what being a sports fan is right? Right? But I can't wait for the moment of "good enough". It's coming soon. I believe.

Bills (diehard team) Rams (hometown team) Bengals (been a fan since Peter Warrick and Akili Smith, haha I have no idea why!)

Friday - 27 degrees Saturday - 9 degrees Sunday - 29 degrees 🤣

Let’s ********* go!

I had Sunday ticket online and had a glitch in the internet as the bengals were breaking the huddle for this play. I kept trying to logout and in and missed the play and saw they scored a touchdown on the yahoo sports app. And then my Sunday ticket kicked back in as they were kicking the extra point. So I f’n missed it hahaha. Still kinda mad about it honestly.

Yessssssssssss

We went toe to toe with the champs in their building and should’ve won. I’m fully confident this team can and will win the Super Bowl this year. All that toughness everyone wanted to see? Excited for the coming 4 game win streak.