Dan

If anyone is under the radar... it’s the Steelers. I see more talk about KC and TN ..and the Steelers are still undefeated. But maybe I don’t know.. I’ve stopped watching all the pregame shows.

Living in Rhode Island. Had just gotten married that spring and starting my doctoral program at URI. In those pre-internet days, I followed the Bills with my Shout! subscription and long distance calls to my family on Sunday. So much has changed since then..now I group text with the family on Sundays.

I started the day thinkin no way the Bills win. I just figured our defense couldn’t keep up with their offense. I was.. soooo wrong! And Josh Allen. Oh my. If anyone has any doubts, they’re just idiots. I definitely have BBFS though. LOL I can’t sit easily until they have at least a 3 score lead even though they dominated the game all afternoon. What a great game! And a Great Win!!

Interesting notion. BBFS is definitely a strange phenomenon.

So wait... you’d feel better about the team and this season ..today.. if the Bills had LOST to the Patsies 38-35? The 24-21 win means gives you less confidence in this team!?

This is a trick question... Its a well known fact that any team the Bills beat is garbage. Because, well, how could the Bills beat a good team? So, you can't get a signature win if you only beat bad teams.

Exactly. It wasn’t a dominating blow out. So what... people need to get over it. Yes, this team has lots to work on to be elite. But, they beat the Patriots for the first time in the McDermot era. They’re 6-2. Multi game lead in the division. If you can’t enjoy this weekend, why are you watching Bills’ football?

I must admit... I spent half the game thinking the defense looks soft and wondering how the offensive and defensive lines went from team strengths to weaknesses in one off season. We beat that ***** team! I love it! But you do have to wonder how we’re going to fair over the last half of the season when they seem so soft up the middle on both sides of the line. We all keep waiting for them to figure it out. But at this point, I think Beane rolled the dice on letting some guys walk and it hasn’t worked out. But for now.. Just enjoy this win! We don’t beat that ***** team often!

I couldn’t remember his name to save my life! Ooooh how I harken back to the days when the value of your posts was determined by the car you drive and not just how much crap you could make up.

I must admit... I’m getting tired of watching this defense get pushed all over the field. They play small. They lack leadership and a desire to actually play hard. Maybe Spain’s good run blocking and bad pass blocking is better than what we got now. I don’t know, but the Oline can’t run block for crap.

Exactly. First time in a while the Bills ..as a team.. came out flat. They looked ill-prepared and unmotivated. That was the aspect of the loss that sticks with me the most. It happens. Teams have bad weeks. Hopefully it doesn’t happen too many more times.

This is perhaps the most epic pregame thread ever. And they just added 2 more pregame days for which we can gnash and gnarle away. Go Bills!

Yeah the Bills don’t win by enough. We suck. It really gets old these kind if hot takes. The Bills won. The led the entire game. We’re 4-0. Enjoy the ride!

Ok... If you have an Apple device... ask Siri who the best team in the NFL is? It seems obvious who is gonna win this game.

Was just about to say that. But yeah..similar distance to go... Penalties no longer seem unsurmountable.

That 3rd and 22... catch and run, knew exactly the yards he needed. Huge play that seems to be less talked about given all the other big plays. But wow! When was the last time we had a QB and WRs that could convert like that?

It’s going to be surreal watching an empty stadium. But I will be watching! Go BILLS!! finally!

This team ..especially Josh Allen.. is a lot closer than many fans and pundits want to admit. For all the misery and irratic play that people want to heap on Allen for the wild card game, I think the glass was actually more than half full. Yeah, he had some boneheaded plays and they ended up losing the game. But... He hit Brown on the sidelines with a great pass that should have given us a first and goal. Brown lost focus and didn't get his feet down. He hit Duke on a beauitful pass that should have been a touchdown. Duke was activated specifically becuase he would be that big, sure handed WR that could make contested catches... He didn't. In overtime, he avoided pressure and heaved a ball downfield to DeMarco for what would have been a huge play. Again, an awesome throw, that Demarco completely miss times his jump and doesn't even get his hands on the ball. How many of those passes does Mahommes complete every week because his WR makes the catch? But our staff has the fullback running that route?? He executed a really nice power sweep, the same play that resulted in a huge gain to start the game. Only to have the TE completely whiff on the block and give the LB a clean shot at his head. Despite those examples, and there are others, he still drove the team with a minute left to tie the game and send it to overtime. He still had us in position to win in overtime if not for a bad penalty call. This team is young. We need some play makers, especially at WR. We need a few other players. I'd really like to see the defense be more aggressive. I'd like to see the coaching staff pull their heads out of their asses. But there is no doubt this team is close to being a perrenial playoff contender. Next season nothing is a given. Everyone, including and especially Allen, needs to improve. But, based on the last 2 years, I see no reason to doubt that they will.

I think that goes without saying. And I think pretty much everyone here is spot on. He's a disruptive player that can make a huge impact on games. But he's a me first kinda guy. I would say, he's 27 and on his 2nd team already. That says to me that he has issues with other players in the locker room. I'd definitely give him a hard look, but he screams attitude player looking for a pay day. So, I'd be cautious about signing him.

I concur.

Kim or Terry needs to get a seat on the rules committee and start chumming up to the league otherwise crap like this will never end for the Bills. That penalty was ridiculously bad. The fine is unconscionable.

Thank you for summing up exactly what I saw as the single biggest problem we had in this game, and for the season. The coaching staff need to do some pretty serious and deep self scouting. They created soooo many of the situations that demanded perfection from a young team. And then everyone sits here and nitpicks each player's "execution".

Yeah... I didn't feel so bad... Then I see this clip and wow. The play was there... all Knox has to do is block the one guy right in front of him and we, at the very least, have a FG attmept.

I had mixed emotions... depressed, disappointed, but I had a fun time at the game . It was the first ever playoff game I attended. My girlfriend got her first Bills jersey and was with me. We met a lot of great Bills fans (and some good Texans fans) and had a great time all weekend with Bills Mafia in Houston. She truly understands what its like being a Bills fan now. As it sinks in... I think of all the missed oppportunities the team had not only in the game, but the season. It's frustrating to always come up short and to be 1 or 2 plays away. But as I told her, after a few drunk texans fans tried to give me ***** and I laughed it off.... I've been a Bills fan my whole life, longer than those idiots have probably been alive, I've seen just about every kind of win and loss possible. The Bills will be back next year. They'll get better. Or they won't. But I'll still be wearing my shirt, cheering for them, hoping for the win. Its what I do. One loss ain't gonna stop that. Its funny. I had to hold back tears walking into the stadium. Seeing all the Bills fans, chanting with them. I could feel the drought finally gone. It felt good. After the game... I didn't have to cry. Because I know we'll be back in the playoffs next year a better team.

I just want add that Cody Ford is NOT why we lost the game. And I'm glad he's on the team playing very well each week. People can be idiots and one of the problems in the world today is the internet gives them all a platform to voice their insanity for all to see.