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If we make the switch - I'd go Vrabel or Belichick. I think McDermott did a good job this year. He really isn't a bad coach. But it just feels like we might need a change. It's unfortunate, but there is baggage w/ "McDermott's Bills" now. A change at the HC position would give us a bit of a new lease, and some fresh energy.

In his presser yesterday, I felt so bad for him. There seemed to be a lot he wasn't saying. If he isn't upset that his teammates let him down yet again, he's a better man than me. The frustration with no one else on the team making a big play or having an impact has to be taking a toll. It's a repetitive theme.

I love Diggs. He isn't a "cancer" - that's a media creation, largely based on his time in Minny and one sideline exchange w/ Allen. But I think of how Belichick ran his teams. Always move on from a player before they really decline. Maybe it's time to think about it, if we can get good compensation.

Elway might be a better comparison. It's a good point about Allen's running. He'll have to adjust his game at some point. He tried earlier this season - and it didn't work. But like Elway, it could depend on the team they build around him. And Allen has a great arm & touch - he'll always be a top 5 passer, even without his running.

Is Bills/Chiefs a rivalry? I think it is. But most Chiefs fans don't. I guess it depends how you define it. I also thought Colts/Patriots was a rivalry, prior to Manning breaking through in 2006. For me, it's just more about the games - how important they are, how much everyone anticipates them, et al.

I'm hoping for a Ravens win in a blowout. Not even because I want to see the Chiefs lose - but if they lose & it's not close, I'll feel a little more like it probably was the Ravens' year all along. Unlike 13 seconds, when I know we would have beaten Cincy at home that year.

I see so many comps to Rivers & the Chargers now. Great QB, good team - but can never get over the hump. Maybe I can't get past my own bias, but I see Allen as an all-time great. Rivers was never that. It's so hard for me to imagine that Allen won't get over the hump at some point and win at least 1 title. The comparisons I prefer are Peyton Manning, who was owned by the Patriots until he wasn't, and Michael Jordan, who lost to the Pistons 3 times in the playoffs before finally besting his nemesis and moving on to become a 6-title legend. And if you were around at those times, you'll remember that the narratives were the same for Manning & Jordan as they are for Allen right now. Jim Kelly didn't start going to Super Bowls until he was in his 30's. There is so much hand-wringing about Allen in the media about "will he ever?" and all that. He's 27.

I was thinking how we just reversed roles w/ the Chiefs. I think we kept them out of the SB twice in the '90s. But the Dolphins are a good comp, as are the Rivers' Chargers. Great QB, good team - but there is a better QB & team, and we can't get past them.

Man, was Chris Jones annoying at the end. The Chiefs are an easy team to root against.

I think McDermott is a very solid coach, and we had a lot of adversity w/ the injuries. But this certainly seems like the ceiling w/ him. To win a SB, we'll need a lot of luck. I don't think he deserves to be fired. But we may be at a point where we just need some new energy. This team has almost too much psychological baggage at this point, and a change at HC could be a catalyst for a whole new direction & attitude.

We missed Bernard, too. Both of those guys were just leaders on the field. And playmakers. No one on D made an impact play yesterday. I don't really count the goal-line fumble; that was kind of flukey. No one had a sack or big play.

We get to see all of that in slo-mo replay. Allen had about 2 seconds, and saw Shakir open.

Allen's detractors (the people who thought he'd be a bust when he was drafted) are really seizing on his decision to go to Shakir at the end as more proof that he blows it & can't win big games. This, to me, is insane. First, it wasn't a bad decision at all. Shakir was wide open. It wasn't "hero ball." Beyond that, he carried the team the whole game. Who else made a big play in that game? Shakir & Kincaid had nice plays & catches - but no one on D really made a play, outside of the goal-line fumble. No sacks, no INT's, blown coverages. That was Allen's game from start to finish. To point out one decision he made as some sort of "proof" of anything is holding him to a ridiculous standard.

I think we would have had a good shot. We wouldn't have the psychological baggage we have w/ KC. Seems like the Ravens' year, though.

Maybe a weird post - but I was both excited about this game, and dreading it. I was excited because winning would have been euphoria - but I expected losing to be completely devastating. As it always has been for me. I'm actually shocked that I'm in decent spirits right now. It's nothing like previous losses in high-stakes games. I usually can't sleep, but I think I'll sleep fine tonight. Trying to figure it out. Do I just expect this kind of stuff now? Just curious if anyone else has a similar thing going on....

I think anyone who second guesses that just second guesses a lot of stuff. Life isn't in slow mo - JA made a decision to try to win the game there, and the play was open.

Man - being a Bills fan isn't for weaklings. Our losses are brutal. Always. And then we get ridicule from the rest of the league, all the time. It's never easy.

I think we should have a statue outside the stadium of a fan just shaking their fists at the sky.

This will be just like 13 seconds. A bragging rights game that will mean nothing, because KC doesn't have as good a chance of beating the Ravens as we would have.

Worst game I've seen from our defense this year. Almost immediately, my hopes that the backups could fill in okay were dashed. It definitely hurt that we were so banged up.

Yeah - same. We just don't know right now. Allen is better than Rivers ever was. But it might not matter. Seems so hard to even get to a SB right now.

What else can we do? We have, at least, an informal family here in Buffalo. I feel pain right now - but I know there are thousands of people right there w/ me. Allen is still young, we'll always have a window while he's playing. There is a rich history in sports of great players who kept hitting a wall year after year, until they broke through. Just keep hoping. And stay away from the media. I made the mistake of checking Nick Wright's initial reaction - what a wonderful example of a sore winner. But it will be a brutal week w/ the ending being a wide right kick. Just steer clear. Life is still good. We still have Josh Allen.

It ends HERE.

Even a single sack could change this game.

Get a 2 score lead, an we aren't looking back. We need big defense coming out of this half.