Yeah, I don't get it either. Didn't get it last year either. Sure, Cinci moved the ball easily on us. The Bills were also moving the ball easily. Who knows what would have happened that game. McD's defense could have adjusted. Our O could have fell apart. Josh might have been superman in a shootout. We could have gotten blown out. Anything could have happened.
The game in the playoffs was a completely different game and doesn't justify peoples feelings on what could have happened in the first game. We start slow all the time and people freak out in the GDT's. Sometimes we go on to blow that opponent out. Sometimes we still win close. Sometimes we lose close. We rarely get blown out.