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Because we started loading the box and sending run blitzes to stop their run game. And against teams without a great passing game, that can be enough.. but when we face teams that can run and pass at a high level, this is often the result. Luckily, there's not a lot of teams that can do that... Unfortunately, the teams that can, typically make the Playoffs.

I'll see if I can find it to link later, but Kyle Brandt was phenomenal on GMFB about what happened yesterday, and what continues to happen in big games/big moments with JA/Bills Defense/McDermott.

After sleeping on it, I realized that the past few seasons when our defense looks like a wet napkin in the playoffs, we always had a built in excuse… injuries. And it’s been valid. We’ve had horrible injury luck going into and in the playoffs, especially in that side of the ball. Theres no excuse yesterday. We were as healthy as we’ve been all year. I guess we can say that maybe Smoot comes back and Milano/Carter shake off rust and get better down the stretch? That’s it, that’s all I’ve got. One of the worst defensive performances in years and we don’t even have a valid excuse this time.

How was it meaningless? Do you mean to tell me that we have a defensive HC and a healthy defense, and with 3 timeouts and a minute left, down 2… we had zero chance to get the ball back?

Depends.. the norm relative to the season, no.. outlier. The norm relative to teams with good QB play that have strong coaching and a balanced offense? Yes.

Pretty close to just saying priority 1 this offseason is extend Cooper and Shakir, while bringing back Hollins and Ty. With the OL and other existing contracts on the books, that’s basically our entire starting offense plus depth. (I say this thinking Cooper would take a 2 yrs/30M from us)

Even Benford though.. Chiefs didn’t pay Snead. Does Benford take away his side of the field? He didn’t today. That’s the only way I’m paying huge money to a corner. Bernard is small and gets injured often. Rousseau is above average at everything, with more potential, but doesn’t wreck a game. IF this defense folds in the playoffs, I think Rousseau and Bernard are guys we should take back at our price point.. and if they walk eventually, fine. Benford, I honestly don’t know.. just keep drafting corners and coach them up. At some point McDermott being a defensive guy who has a stellar track record with secondary players has to come into play given all we sacrifice to not have an offensive guy.

We’d have two AFC/two NFC losses. If they lose to an AFC team as their sole loss, they’d be 3 AFC/1 NFC.

I think he still has potential, but I honestly wouldn’t care who we let go on this defense if they do this again in the playoffs. I just feel like at a certain point, it’s time to blow it up and even see if a guy like Oliver has any offers in a trade. Probably even follow the Chiefs model of letting corners walk. Benford and Douglas might as well have been Dane Jackson and Levi Wallace out there today. Hopefully this isn’t a conversation we need to have.

True, would it make a difference who their loss is to? If we both go 3/4.

Which would mean we just need to sweep the Pats and beat the Jets. EDIT: Just read that if we both win out, Steelers are 2

Steelers finish with Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs and Bengals. Do you mean 1 seed? Because that’s accurate as the Chiefs could lose two games.. they won’t, but they will probably go down to the wire in all of them.

Bills Defense needs a gamewrecker, but we never draft high enough to get one… so we either need to get lucky, or McDermott needs to figure out how to make due without a Chris Jones. If the Defense pulls this again in the playoffs, I don’t know how you pay anyone on that side of the ball except Rousseau and maybe Bernard. Extend Cooper and Shakir, bring back Hollins and Ty.. Offense is set.. and then draft replacements for a bunch of guys on Defense next year.

People saying it doesn’t matter because we couldn’t stop them with 3 timeouts anyway is the same loser energy of absolving Bass for missing a 40 yard FG to tie up the Divisional Round Game against KC. Anything can happen and we clearly now, two years in a row, seem to think our Defensive HC has zero ability to get a stop at the end of a game if the QB isn’t Tua. McDermott could’ve went over the headset and said “what’s our best play and remember we cannot burn a timeout” Someone, somewhere in the chain of command, needs to realize you cannot call that play there.

Bills offense went nuclear when they stopped trying to run the ball. If anything, we should’ve given up on it faster.

It’s all fun and games until the final two weeks of the season mean next to nothing for anyone on the AFC side and ratings drop off a cliff until the playoffs.

If we play this team in the playoffs, I won’t be content with anything less than an Aztec style sacrifice of their hearts in Arrowhead. I cannot deal with this nonsense any longer.

And with this Chiefs game looking like another close win, our end of season gets pretty interesting… Obviously want the 2, but we’re rapidly approaching a situation where the last game or two may mean nothing.

Ah, illegal kickoff… I see the shenanigans have begun.

I hope Rasul comes back soon and makes some big time plays when it matters, but today might be one of those games that seals his fate in the offseason.

“They’re a different team!” - Collinsworth, on KC with Pacheco. Sitting on 16 points in the 4th Quarter.

I don’t think people are furious that this hurts our 1 seed chances.. I think people were reminded of how our seasons keep ending.

Who are these people Herbert is throwing to? Smart with two T’s… not a real person.

Well, well, well…. Seems this is shaping up for an incredibly frustrating ending that’s influenced by the refs.