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Couple of late bloomers it happens

“ Patty” ? Lol…

I prefer the Marv Levy take on that phrase ; adversity doesn’t build character … it reveals it !

Plenty of Bills threads for such discussion

Was huge , but not the difference in the game imo.

Not sure but I think Kroft had a different guy and held his block for awhile . Only saw the replay once or twice tho

Nothing. Just a place to vent and discuss the team and its moves.

Interesting. Had to turn off the TV sound and listen to Westwood One game audio due to incessant Hurts ballwashings from the Fox crew.

Just assuming some politician had something to do with it or some influence . Maybe I’m just cynical Maybe some football fan just doing things on their own then

Seems pretty stupid to light the Empire State Building in the colors of a team from another state. NY leadership not the brightest so there you have it.

Yeah , he said it felt a lot better last couple weeks of season. Doesn’t seem to be an issue going forward as the original call was for 3-4 weeks inactivity or playing through it and pain management.

In your football world , why have coaches ? Just have the players Duke it out. In reality , coaches schemes and gameplans matter. Otherwise the results of games would simply repeat themselves over and over. We know that doesn’t happen. There’s nothing left to discuss here. Believe what you will. Perhaps the Bills will return in 2023 with Josh Allen and an entirely new roster. One that may be capable of defeating the mighty Bengals, who are dusting off their golf clubs just as the Bills are.

Very solid player , concussions a great concern. Better have a replacement waiting in the wings; his next could be his last.

Couldn’t disagree more. The Chiefs won yesterday but lost to the same team in December. That they didn’t win the first time wasn’t indicative that they couldn’t win the second time. That’s just not how it works in football. You just have to be better that day and future wins vs the same opponent are not guaranteed. Particularly when the teams are fairly evenly matched and both have a good QB. Your approach is overly simplistic, so I’ll just agree to disagree . Not sure which play you are referring to , but if it was the play where the KC defender was a full step early and went through the receiver that absolutely was a penalty every time. The officiating crew did leave a lot to be desired in both games .

Can’t disagree with this. A different mindset and some scheme flexibility appears to be required going forward. The defense hasn’t done very well in the postseason overall. Josh Allen covers up a lot of issues up front. The Bills scheme that day in that weather changed that dynamic. They need to improve up front, but they still could have won the game because Josh Allen is that good. Their plan was wrong for both the weather and the opponent. A better one could have gotten resulted in better execution up front and a W in the end.

True. If only the #1s are going to win, just go directly to the Super Bow after the regular season and skip the playoffs altogether. A closer look shows the AFC # 1 on defense withunder two minutes to play in a tie game and the #3 needing only a FG to win with possibly very little to no time remaining if they move the ball. The NFC game you have to throw out because the better team imo lost their QB in the first quarter. It’s actually quite realistic that both home teams could have lost yesterday. The only thing guaranteed by the one seed is a free pass to round 2. Important , but far from a guarantee to reach the Super Bowl.

So the real situation is that you’re nite OL/ team can’t win and needs to be replaced ? Or that you simply got outschemed and out executed by another coaching staff/ team ? If it’s the former that’s interesting because only one team wins their final game the last I checked. You don’t need a perfect team to win the Super Bowl. That’s reality. The real situation with the Bills shows that they won 13 regular season games and lost 3 by a combined 8 points. That’s not a hypothetical. It sounds like you think that if team A beats team B in week 5 they will automatically beat them again in week 12 , or even the next season. See where this is going ?

Wrong. There were OL, he didn’t have air in front of him. Bengals used a quick passing game and the Bills could have too. There were no unblockable defenders in that game. I didn’t see Bruce Smith or Deacon Jones out there in a Bengals uniform. No JJ Watt in his prime. Coaching and scheme matter and the Bengals scheme worked to perfection because the Bills gave them exactly the look they wanted time and again. You tip your hat to them , but their chess pieces are not superior or unstoppable.

Probably none, but the fact is Josh seems greatly affected by wind/ rain snow. That’s a problem for an outdoor team in a bad weather city that depends on their dynamic QB for about 90% of their success.

Not saying they were playing the same, and Miller obviously had a huge role in that game. A lot of issues were on coaching , however and to ignore that would be silly. The Bills still have Josh Allen. As great a game as Chris Jones had for KC Vs the Bengals still left the Bengals with possession at the 2 minute warning in a tie game. A dubious play call on 3rd and 3 ruined their chances combined with a dumb PF penalty on D afterwards. The QB is still THE most important thing and good coaching can find a way to win. A perfect game is rarely required to win, even in playoff games.

Hasn’t happened Vs KC, and the Bills already played them this year. The Bills did fine because Allen is better at escaping the rush and off script plays than Joe Burrow. Different matchup.

A different Offensive game plan, more similar to what the Bengals did would have worked fine in those conditions.

Or just maybe Reid’s current QB is just a tad better than what he had with the Eagles.

Thank you. The KC rush hasn’t gotten to Josh the last 3 times. He’s a lot more elusive than Burrow and far more dangerous off script. The coaching in the playoffs was a C and an F.