Logic

You'd think that in the 70 years since McCarthy, the right would've come up with some new material other than red-scaring and telling everyone that black and brown people are taking their jobs and endangering their daughters. Get some new material. Meanwhile, while Trumpies are soooo worried about communism and socialism, they couldn't care less that their God is an actual, literal fascist who wants to destroy democracy via violent insurrection.

There is already a thread about this in the Politics sub-forum, which is where it most likely belongs. I'll say here what I said there: This is the first time I've ever found myself having fond feelings toward Bill Belichick for a decision that he made. Way to go, coach.

The first time in my life that I've ever been really proud of Bill Belichick for doing the right thing. Way to go, coach.

Do.....do people not ALWAYS slap the seats when they go to games? I know I do. I also know I saw multiple pictures on Twitter after Saturday's game of people's purple, swollen hands because they were smashing the metal so hard. Like McDermott says....."Find a way". Or, in this case, he might say "Do your 1/6,700th"

I don’t buy this at all.

Hearing that the Ravens haven’t won a playoff game in SIX YEARS illustrates just how hard it is to win in the playoffs. Harbaugh is one of the best coaches in the league, but six years without a playoff win. Enjoy the fact that we won yesterday, Bills fans, no matter how ugly at times.

I don't know why -- maybe just because I like rooting for the underdog -- but I would love to see Chicago shock the world and beat the Saints.

Both the Titans and Ravens are unlikeable and fairly classless. Was nice to see Vrabel and his squad of goons and their terrible fans eliminated. It's tough to say who I'd rather face next weekend. Both the Steelers and Ravens defenses are good, but the Ravens offense seems like the worse matchup for the Bills defense. Therefore, I GUESS I'd rather play the Steelers? Either way, not gonna be an easy game next weekend.

That would be wild. Rust Belt Bowl!

I might rather play Baltimore than Pittsburgh.

Titans have such a good offense. Arthur Smith is excellent and Tannehill is underrated.

That was such a bad INT.

One thing I worry about with the Bills is their level of physicality. The Bills at the moment are — and I hate to say it — a bit of a finesse team. Can they go toe to toe with the Titans or Ravens and punch them in the mouth?

I think, if anything, people tend to overlook the importance of pass blocking, pass catching, and knowledge of the (huge) playbook when it comes to running backs. Is Williams the better pure RUNNER? Maybe. Even that is a small sample size. But does he check those other three boxes?

Is there a "disagree" emoji? Or do the "meh" and "laugh" emojis cover that? Sometimes I want to indicate that I disagree with someone without necessarily laughing at them.

I see "overreaction Monday" is in full effect this week, even though it's Sunday. So far today, I've seen "Milano should have been benched" and "Daboll is dumb and needs to be gone immediately". I mean......wow. Just wow.

I'm gonna go ahead and guess Yeldon will be active. He's more of a "sure thing" in the playoffs. I'm guessing that both his pass blocking and pass catching skills are superior to Williams. That said, regardless of who gets the start, I expect Singletary to take 80+ % of the snaps.

I wasn't disappointed in the classical sense of the word with yesterday's Bills performance. I'm a firm believer that "a win is a win", ESPECIALLY in the playoffs. Just ask the Patriots dynasty. They won PLENTY of unconvincing squeakers over two decades. A win is a win. Overcoming adversity and finding a way to win a big game when you're not on your "A game" is really important and was a big growth milestone for this team. I WAS disappointed in the sense that I know the Bills are capable of playing much better than they did yesterday. After seeing how well they are capable of executing the past few weeks, how creative Daboll's game plans can be, etc, I've come to have high expectations for this team. I was trying to understand how I was feeling after yesterday's game. Normally, I would be euphoric. I was happy, to be sure, but more so, I was just relieved. Relieved because I know the Bills are good enough to compete for a championship, and because they didn't necessarily play championship caliber football for large stretches of the game, but still managed to get a win. I guess what I'm trying to say is that my EXPECTATION LEVEL has been raised. Squeaking out wins or winning one playoff game are no longer good enough. We're past that now. The expectation now, for me, is championship. THEN I will be euphoric. Each win along the way will make me happy, but more so, it will be a relief, because it means the Bills have cleared another necessary hurdle on the way to the real goal, the BIG goal, the ONLY goal.

I agree that Allen checked a very important box yesterday, but not "the final box", in my opinion. That would be the "can he play effectively in the Super Bowl?" box. If he can check THAT box, we're looking at a likely Hall of Famer.

Allen became the first QB from the class of ‘18 to win a playoff game. Gabriel Davis is a star in the making. Bass is cold blooded and has a cannon for a leg. The Bills played a B- or C+ game and still won. THE BILLS WON A MOTHERF’N PLAYOFF GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A QUARTER CENTURY!!!

Personally, I disagree. The only thing I had a problem with was the lack of the jet sweep and pre-snap motions with McKenzie. McKenzie, though, may well have not been healthy, since he was barely seen in this game. One or more Bills players said they felt like this was the toughest defense they played against all season. The Colts defense routinely controlled the line of scrimmage. They have 1st team All-Pros at DT and LB. They're well coached and disciplined and fast. Furthermore, a lot of the runs today seemed to be "check with me's" that Josh audibled into. On other occasions, the execution was poor. On still OTHER occasions, the Bills were repeatedly starting drives from their own 10 yard line or worse. With all of that said, the Bills still scored 27 points. Was it Daboll's best game? Absolutely not. I thought it lacked a little of the creativity and diversity we've come to expect from him. But to say it was his WORST game since whenever? I don't know. I didn't see it.

Allen WAS the Bills offense today. Not only was he their entire running game, but ALSO, some of his biggest passing plays were made off structure, when the Colts had our play-call stopped dead to rights and Josh just made something happen. The scoring drive before the half that put us up 14-10, for instance, was all Josh (with a little help from Gabriel "toe drag swag" Davis). I forget where I read it recently, but it's true: He's gone from being a quarterback you can win with, to being a quarterback you win BECAUSE OF.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

Thanks for the write up. Important win for the growth of this team. They were mentally tough. They overcame adversity. What’s McDermott always saying? “Find a way”. They did.

Thanks for the write up. Especially liked the part about the “final boss”. I believe that McKenzie must have still been ailing today. He was well enough to be active, but not well enough to contribute. Maybe he re-aggravated the ankle early. His absence meant that the entire jet sweep element he presents went out the window. Here’s hoping he gets better by next week’s game. He makes the Bills offense more diverse and more potent.