Logic

I generally never miss the Super Bowl. At this moment, I can't stomach the thought of watching another second of NFL football this year.

I think this is total speculation and that he was most likely just referring to regular roster turnover, coaches moving on, etc.

In my opinion, this is the second worst loss in Bills history. I still have to give Super Bowl XXV the nod for worst, simply because it was the Super Bowl. Other than that, though? This game takes the cake for me. Worse than the Music City Miracle. Here is why I view it as such: 1) There are games where you did the absolute best you could, but the other team just made more plays. Games you deserved to lose. Then there are games that you SHOULD have won, but in some improbable way, you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. This was the latter. Bills should have won. Inexcusable. 2) The specific "13 seconds" failure is all the more astonishing and painful because our team is coached by two of the smartest defensive minds in the league. And yet, I'm convinced most 10-year-olds that have ever played Madden would've called more logical defense on those final two plays. Just brutal. 3) Daboll and Frazier are likely gone after this season. We'll probably have new (or at least somewhat) different offensive and defensive systems installed next year. Seamless transition is no guarantee. This was the last gasp of this "iteration" of the Bills. Josh Allen's big contract numbers are going to start kicking in soon, too, and it's going to get harder to retain our good players. 4) None of the teams left -- Bengals, 49ers, Rams -- were going to beat the Bills. Had the Bills gotten past the Chiefs, as they should have, they would have become Super Bowl champions. I'm certain of it. This was our year. This was the team. Josh Allen's moment to ascend to the top of the mountain and claim the "best QB in the league" title and win Buffalo its first Lombardi. Bottom line: Josh Allen had the highest playoff quarterback rating in the HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE this year and was backed up by the number 1 yardage and scoring defense...and it still wasn't enough to win a title. As such, at this moment in time, it's hard for me to picture the Bills EVER winning a title. If this performance by Josh and a defense that allowed 17 ppg couldn't get it done, who ever will?! Sure, you can say "we're young, we'll be back a bunch in the years to come!", and maybe that's true. All I can think of is Dan Marino's quote that after reaching and losing the Super Bowl in his second season, he assumed he'd be back many times in his career, but he never returned. Nothing is guaranteed in the NFL. Maybe by April I'll be ready to talk draft and think about the future. Right now, though, all I can do is stare at the wall and reflect on the fact that the Bills just blew their best opportunity at a title in 35 years, and that their perpetual lot in life seems to be stunning, improbable, epic, crushing defeats. I am numb.

I could be wrong, but isn't Josh Allen the best play-action quarterback in football this season? I thought I remembered seeing that in terms of completions, yards, and touchdowns, no one was better than him off of play-action. Presumably, now that the Bills can actually run the football fairly well, play-action will be even MORE effective.

Because I don't think Fitz wants to come back to be a backup, he won't be my answer. I get the sense that, at this point in his life, he'll either go somewhere where he has a chance to start, or he'll retire. With that out of the way... I'll take Sam Darnold. He and Josh are close friends. He's a mobile guy with a big enough arm to where you wouldn't have to change the offense when he was in the lineup. Put him the Bills culture rehabilitation program and see what happens.

Two of the more absurd talking head shows this week -- the one that Nick Wright is on (I forget what it's called) and the Skip and Shannon show -- both spent ten minutes discussing the game by talking exclusively about the Patriots. Whether Belichick will ever win another Super Bowl, whether the Patriots should build around Mac Jones or look for a more explosive quarterback, etc. I'm not surprised by it any more. I've gotten used to the fact that when the Bills win, the talking heads often view and discuss it as an indictment on the team that lost (or make excuses for said team) rather than as feather in the cap of the Bills for winning. Most of the talking heads shows talk Cowboys, Lakers, LeBron, Chiefs, Patriots...and that's about it. There are some exceptions out there, but it's mostly pro wrestling promos by clown personas that know nothing about the game.

Maybe so. That's the whole point, though. We DO have good moderation and rules and, therefore, a good set of members that don't talk about raping people all the time. It's a good thing.

That forum and the fans that populate it continue to be a vulgar toilet party filled with garbage people and nastiness. You can hardly get through one page of a thread without coming across all sorts of needlessly unsavory nonsense. Low brow hooligans. The armpit of the internet.

I respect that opinion, and I respectfully disagree with the notion that their physicality will matter much. I don't think that either their defense OR their offense can keep with this current form of the Chiefs and Bills.

Neither the Bengals nor the Titans are going to beat the Bills or Chiefs in the playoffs. Whoever wins the Bills-Chiefs matchup this Sunday will be representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.

This. Josh Allen is the best, most impactful player in the league. For as long as he puts on a Bills #17 jersey, the Bills will be Super Bowl contenders.

I’d also still like to see them add a quality guard to compete with Bates and Williams. But yeah, if they could add some speed at RB and WR, that would be optimal. Keep this offense loaded.

I’m having fun picturing this team with a full draft class worth of players added to it. I can’t even guess what positions their first few picks will be spent on. Lots of options. Personally, I hope they load the offense up.

Part two is just as good as part one:

I know this is Bills-Pats related and not Eagles-Bucs related, but since this game is sort of a snoozer so far anyway, I present the following absolute hilarity.

If you thought your Sunday couldn't get any better, you were wrong. I present to you, the funniest goddamned thing in the world:

For the next three hours, I am a huge Eagles fan. FLY, EAGLES, FLY!!!!!! I actually think the Eagles have a real shot. It's windy as hell in Tampa right now. Brady is without Godwin and Brown. Eagles are the best rushing offense in football. They are also in "***** it, we've got nothing to lose, let's play loose and have fun" mode.

Nah. The Bills have a much better shot of beating the Bengals at home than the Chiefs on the road. Then again, if they keep playing like they played last night, they can beat any team on any field.

This thread:

Don't mind me, I've just been reading every Tweet, article, comment, and watching every video I possibly can about last night's game. Favorite Bills game I've ever watched. This will never not be amazing. Anyway, add this amazingness to the pile. Truly amazing.

That forum is a cesspool... I've heard that in real life, Chiefs fans are generally very nice and welcoming people. INTERNET Chiefs fans, however -- the types that are on that forum and on Twitter -- are the worst people imaginable.

Language warning:

I've already seen it happening a bunch on Twitter. NEVER. *****. FAILS.

Yeah. And he had four incompletions! I should probably pump the brakes a bit.