Billsfan1972

That first half TB could do no wrong. Second half Cincy started drives at TB's 16, 31, 13 & 39 yard line.... BTW 237 total yards offense the game. How about Huntley too handing them the game? BTW both Baltimore games were in Cincy too.

And if Brown tackles him at the 5, which he should have everything changes. Really we should be talking about what a great game it was and steamrolling the Dolphins😉.

Always excuses when a fan of the team. So Baltimore too then is a bad match up for the Bills, who on their last 5 drives vs. Baltimore scored on 4 of them and walked down the field each time? Remember too that game was rain and not great weather on the road. BTW Bills fan can say the NYJ are a bad matchup for them (yet Burrow threw for 275 & 3 TDs vs them).

I'll read it soon, but again Shakir catches a perfect pass and Brown doesn't break off route (and probably just an incompletion) what happened afterwards doesn't happen and they are lauding perfect deep throws by Allen.

Don't see why Cincy should be upset????😉

Here is different and we can debate it. The National Press are not watching 16 games a week in their entirety and analyzing the minutiae or knowing everything that went on. Like me who didn't watch the last two Cincy games vs. Baltimore where they were far from dominating at home and Burrow held to under 220 yards passing can say definitively that Burrow is not too good as of late.

When things are really good I'll listen to a lot, search out articles and watch the national media shows. It seems though with all the negativity surrounding an 8 game winning streak that is no longer the case.😉😝😆 But listening to my favourite podcast and seeing 1-2 articles I need to stop as my blood is boiling listening to all the pro Burrow & Cincy talk and how down some are about Allen's erratic play and so much put on the Dolphins game. Of course Burrow's #'s the last two weeks aren't discussed & the pick 6 vs. NE in a game they could've lost too. Add to that, many are gushing over Cincy and the first 10 minutes January 2 (now if Buff scored a TD and not a fg things may have been a little different). Used to spend all Sunday immersed in pre-games and other things, but haven't the last decade. Interesting this weekend, that not just the Buffalo/Cincy game, but the other three too all being talked about using "Recency Bias". Dallas (and Dak) looked great against a lousy fraud in TB. The Giants moved up and down against one of the worst "D's" in football and a team everyone was predicting the clock would strike midnight soon. Finally look at the upstart Jags and what they did. Sunday 3:00 can't come soon enough to get it started (and then get it over with).

Love the 10:00 am start. Though screws up my Sunday golf game. Should make them in November, when the weather starts turning here. Dislike moving a September/October game from Buffalo when better chance at decent weather.

Oops missed it. Lead story on ESPN today. Great stories.

Haven't read, but looks very detailed and different. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35427940/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-rise-career-journey

I liked how Daniel Jones & Giants utilized the run on the weekend. Have missed that of late. If there is a spy, that means someone should be open.

You ever driven down to Florida and the notorious speed traps where they happily pull you over for 3mph over the speed limit? It's a simple rule and easily enforced. Just do it (and watch how quick teams adapt).

And what were the results of the plays? I know the 4th & 1 was 2 seconds past before the flag was thrown and the Bills blew up the play. Maybe the Defense should just go on 0 and then the play is reviewed from the booth and the penalty assessed?

And that is what they are incapable of doing. Where is the yac? When it happens it seems to happen only by mistake and because Allen has made a great play.

And then let me know why Bills receivers don't have many YAC? Why are they not catching balls on the run and turning an yard pass into 25? Where are the slants or successful screens? It's great to make this post, and there is some truth in it, just that you've made a statement and backed none of it up.

He went up and caught the ball. I see receivers do that every week, but when it's a Bill not named Diggs, it is a circus catch😝. Don't forget too that the play meant nothing (forget they didn't score that drive) as their was a holding penalty on Miami that would have resulted in a first down anyways.

For the umpteenth time, the first interception was on John Brown for cutting off the route (and then compounding it, by not tackling Howard at the 5 yard line). The second bounced off Beasley's chest. Shakir was wide open and dropped a perfect pass that as stated in my thread cost the Bills probably 15 points and then the second int doesn't happen and in all liklihood the strip fumble (which was a helmet to helmet hit). Gabe as always did too drop a long ball.

And when Chase, Jefferson, Evans, Adams, Brown, Williams, Lamb and others make those catches the QB is hailed for a great pass. At worst an incompletion. I remember the first. The second was a great defensive play where the DB got his hand on the ball and Romo agreed on the replay. What was the tird?

Waddle dropped one that would have put them around the 30 yard line early in the game. And you're conceding a TD on that drive? The Hill drop was a 8 yard pass on the Miami side of the field, and you're claiming it would have been a game changer too???? Not even I'm so cynical. You quoted my post but said nothing about that I said as I pointed out drops (and catches too) on perfect balls that somehow shows Allen making the wrong read. That was a joke video imo.

Some here love the idea of three yards & a cloud of dust offense.....🤣🙄 Just watched the video in the thread and see Gabe drop the long ball (i.e. the semi-contested catch we haven't seen a Bill make all year). Shakir drops a perfect 54 yarder, Beasley causes an Int as it bounces off his chest. Brown breaks off route resulting in another interception. The best is the video showing the perfect read to Davis (was a nice catch as underthrown) and anticipating and hitting Diggs for 50 and just missing him on the first play from scrimmage. I say double down given the same opportunities.

It may as the Bills would be playing Jax this week (and the Cincy game would have meant nothing since all teams won week 18). Again a lot of plays we can focus on, I used the Shakir play because it was such a key one and the time it happened and the # of points it involved. There was under 2 minutes in the half, the score was 17-6 and the clock would have been running. Miami at best probably get's the ball back with 1:20 down 24 (or 20-6), which is probably the score at half. At that point you think Skylar can run a 2 minute offense? This wasn't it cost the Bills 4 or 7 points (or a dumb play or TO or penalty or momentum), it directly cost them in the end 15 points (good thing they kicked that fg to close the half😉). It was an easy catch.

Not technically a drop and only 4 points. Shakir's was a drop as it was a perfect pass (much like Gabe Davis last week vs. NE in the endzone) and cost them upwards of 15.

See above it was a good catch that pros make, but didn't lead to points or amount to anything because there was a penalty on the play that would have given the bills the first down. I would certainly traded that 54 yard catch which changed the entire complexion of the game.😜 Yes it was not an easy catch and not sure why it was overturned. But again these are those catches the Bills don't have enough of.

And everyone talking about the third and one catch by Shakir (a good catch), there was a holding call so either way the Bills get a first down.

I get it I'm just pointing out one playthat originally was a perception and even after the replay still could have been called that. And it goes back to my continual concern about the Bills making that catch when they have to. It was a perfect pass and an easy reception, that Shakir dropped. And it wasn't a 7 point play it was potentially 15.