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3 hours ago, Simon said:
I'm not debating whether or not a curse exists; the inexplicable number of bizarre incidents this team (and to a lesser extent, the Sabres) has dealt with over the decades is undeniable.
My question is when exactly did this all start?
Depends a bit on how you define curse.
I will define it as last minute losses of key games you were leading and should have easily won.
So pretty clear that the beginning was wide right.
Then in the crease.
Them Bledsoe give it to them game
Homerun throwback2000-2020 highlighted by Dallas and NE losses
Then 13 sec
Then hail murray
Then Vikings loss
Then 12 men
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I was at the game.
Most of the people around us were fine. Guy in front of me went to high five me after a Ohilly score and I just pointed to my hat and he said, oh sorry.
A guy behind me tapped me in the shoulder and asked me to take a picture of him and his buddies and handed me his phone. So really pretty normal.
then there was a guy in Eagles gear a couple seats over who was standing the whole time. The Eagles fans behind him started threatening him and he finally sat down.
There were a few guys throwing insults about the Bulls and Buffalo in general, but nothing too bad.
I was really surprised to hear all the boos directed at the Eagles. Who have the best record in the league. Just an irritable bunch I guess.
We were partially under an overhang and had rain gear and ponchos, so not too bad. But then I got soaked walking and waiting 45 min for the subway. That was actually the worst part.
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18 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:
In fairness to the refs, I think Dawkins false started 20 times without getting called for it.
Ahh I think Philly RT and LT were worse in the false starts. LT in first half and RT in second.
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I was at the game. It might have been hard to see on TV, but the blocked kick had a really low trajectory. May not have made it even if not blocked. It was a poor kick.
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This is where teams that have dedicated players benefit from OTA and extra film time.
Josh is perhaps the most talented QB of the past 20 years.
But talent doesn’t triumph over everything.
There is a book by Malcom Gladwell which endorses the idea that you need to spend 10000 hrs at an activity to truly master the activity. Playing the cello, shooting free throws, kicking FG. You get the idea.
That’s where off season work come in. You practice these situations over and over again to master them.
Yeah, I get it’s the off season, and these are optional team activities. But if you truly want to be a champion, they aren’t optional.
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8 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:
If he wasn’t hit no doubt he re-grips the ball and runs upfield could be the issue was the timing of the hit. If he catches the ball, and is hit .2 seconds later maybe it’s called a fumble.
9 hours ago, skibum said:To my eyes, it looked like the majority of big mistakes were on the offense. Cook dropped a guaranteed TD pass, Davis goes the wrong way on another sure TD, and they couldn't run the ball all night. I can't remember who all of the 10 first half penalties were on, but that sure didn't help. Neither did two missed field goals.
Overtime always favors offense, because the D is gassed. The Bills won the coin toss and the offense couldn't capitalize.
The D was not stellar late, but you can't hang the outcome on them.
No. Four games this year the offense has scored to take the lead with under 2 min left. Four times the D has choked.
Football is a team game, but the defense is no winning in clutch situations.
There is no ther way to look at it.
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I was at the game. The play in discussion was ptobably a fiumble, but wasn’t crytaj clear.
Here were obviousblown call.
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1) At least a dozen times, the eagles LT or RT moved into his kick slide a good 1/2 sec befor ball was snapped. It’s obvious stfrom the upper deck. There is no reason to give players @ half second grace. Sync i with motion detectors in their shoes. NFL refuses to admit that easy fixes exist.
- there was a blatant hold on 91 on phillysgo ahead TD drive. OL has 91 arm pinned. Such that when he got it unpinnedand escapes yo could see his one arm emerging from the sea of humanity including numrerous other holds.
- After .Hyde’s int, bills get flagged for holding 0.5 sex after ball snapped.. how de official know th so quickly.
- On Philly first shove TD, theLG shoots off 0.5 sec early. No call
the officiating is bad and gettijng worse. These guy are like the supreme court. Unelected professionals with no review of their prducuts, and no way to h fire someone for consistent i
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1) At least a dozen times, the eagles LT or RT moved into his kick slide a good 1/2 sec befor ball was snapped. It’s obvious stfrom the upper deck. There is no reason to give players @ half second grace. Sync i with motion detectors in their shoes. NFL refuses to admit that easy fixes exist.
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At the game.
Officiating is whack.
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My son and I are going to the game. Planing on hanging out at Xfinity Live.
Any Buffalo centric tailgate area to stop by and say hi?
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2 hours ago, AZSanta said:
I have been an Allen supporter since he was drafted. I felt he was a perfect fit for the city. He is in year 6 of his career and has put up fairly consistent stats the last 3 years. Have we seen his best football or can he be better? By better I mean 5000+ passing yards and 50+ total tds. I personally believe he has hit his ceiling. I think he is what he is and I think we can win a Super Bowl with him playing at this level. I am just curios what others opinions are as to what they expect from him the rest of his career.
H3LL NO!!
There are at least 3 avenues that can lead to much higher level performance.
1) Better offensive coaching. To be clear, Allen hasnt worked with an offensive "savant". A Reid, Shanahan, McVay, or Bellichek.
2) Get his mind straight. Not sure whats been going on, on the field or off the field. But that 1000 mile stare tells me something isnt optimal.
3) Better offensive talent. Bradshaw had Swann and Stallworth. Marino had Duper and Clayton. Aikman had Irvin and whatshisname. Mahomes had Hill and Kelce. You get the picture. Allen has Diggs, who is very good, and a bunch of maybes.
Allen is, without doubt, the most talented Bills QB in history. I've seen them all. Kemp, Lamonica, Ferguson, Kelly, Billy Joe, Flutie. Allen has skills that none of those dudes had.
Its up to Allen and Bills staff to get the most out of his skills.
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11 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
Yea the more I look at their schedules there is almost no way the WC aren’t going to be
Cleveland
Houston
Pittsburgh
If we get to 10-7 I’m not sure how we have a tiebreaker with any of those 3. None of them are going to be worse than 10-7.
The path in is win the division.
I'm not convinced the Dolphins don’t find a way to lose 3 more - 1 of them being to us.
We can’t afford to lose more then 1 more game. 10-7 won’t get in.We could realistically be 10-6 or 9-7 going into the last game with Miami.
I can see Miami losing to the Jets once, Dallas, Baltimore.
I don’t see the Steelers finishing 10-7.
All their wins have been by less than one score. Tomlinson is a good coach, but there is a bit of luck in there as well.
I see the Steelers as an 8-9, 9-8 team.
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That is obvious grounding.
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5 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
Im not using math. Im using the playoff simulator. There are other teams that also can make 12-5 and we dont hold tie breakers. Our conference record is the second worst in the conference.
I don’t think a 12-5 team has ever missed the playoffs.
Not saying it’s impossible but it’s highly unlikely. That would also mean the dolphins had at minimum 4 losses and Bills would have head to head.
I think 11-6 Bills team has high likelihood of making playoffs, and a 10-7 team is probably around 50-50.
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Officiating was pitiful.
I watched the PI call on Bills DB- think it was 31– several times.
No way was that PI.
Once more, why does a $10 billion industry depend on part time employees.
The officials should be full time, and the bottom 10% let go each year.
Pay them $500K. You’ll get better quality.
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1 hour ago, TwistofFate said:
Lolz. Wake me up when SI publishes something relevant.
Remember the analogies section from your SAT?
SI is to The Athletic as
MySpace is to Instagram.
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How did the Russian hackers access this poll? @2BD--yinz need to spiff up your cybersecurity.
How else would one explain 75% of responses wanting McDermott gone??
I'm a long time Bills fan. First game I ever saw in person, Joe Namath threw 8 TD passes. But 3 were to the Bills, and Bills won 37-35.
McDermott is 1 of the top 2 Bills coaches in the last 55 years. Full stop.
Wait, you'd rather have Hank Bullough, Kay Stephenson, Jim Ringo, Rex Ryan, Chan Gaily, or one of the other clown posses that passed through??
Lets think this through. 19 years before McD = 0 (ie, zero, zilch, nil, nada) playoff appearances.
6 yrs with McD = 5 playoff appearances. Fishers exact test p = 0.0000051.
Last years team went through extraordinary, never before stress, and still won a playoff game.
This years team has a defense that has lost 5 of its top 6 defenders from last year, and is held together by duct tape and bailing wire. Still in the thick of the playoff race.
And yet, 75% of Bills fan want a coaching change???
SMH
Be careful what you wish for.
Me, I'll be in Philly on Sunday, cheering on my Bills.
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I’m somewhat surprised that no one, including the mods who moved the thread, seem to realize that this commercial predicted exactly what happened at the end of the Bills Broncos game.
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Art imitates life. Or something like that
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7 hours ago, DeltaDigital said:
hahah holy *****... I remember that game well....
There are SO many of these... it's INSANE! DO OTHER TEAMS HAVE LISTS LIKE THIS? No, right?
I've never seen buffalo on the other end of one of these... have you?
Ah, There was this game we were losing 35-3 in the 3rd quarter...
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15 hours ago, Marlton Bills said:
Is it me or do the Bills seem to come up with the craziest ways to lose…every time this happens I think, well that’s the craziest loss I’ve ever seen…and then they top it. Going back I think about the Dallas Sunday or Monday night Game a few tears back. We had that sucker locked down and then I think Mckelvin coughed the ball up on the kick off with little time remaining. They haven’t been hard to come by lately. The Jacksonville game a couple of years ago was stunning. Looking to the jets this year after we knocked out their hall of fame quarterback was atrocious. Feel free to list others here.
A few tears. Yup, those Bills will drive you to tears.
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1 hour ago, Snappysnackcakes said:
This ain’t a video game. It’s called strategy, muscle memory, tendencies, familiarity, and, most importantly- EXPERIENCE! Sean was outsmarted by a cagey vet and one of the best HC’s of our generation. If you cannot see this as, at minimum, a possibility, I can’t help you. In short, we gave them a mulligan and ate a big dic* at the end ofthe game.
Ah, it was a dumb call. Think it through.
3rd and 10 with about 140 to go.
Letthem gain 8 ot 9. Protect the 1st down line.
if they kick a fg, we have time to drive down the field for a gw fg.
provided there are no bonehead penalties b
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10 hours ago, Eastport bills said:
I thought the defense was stout last night. If we’re being fair, the offense put them in terrible field position and went 3 and out most drives. So not only did they allow very few drives and forced FGs on possessions starting in plus territory, they had sacks and forced an important turnover, giving the offense a short field. You want to blame Johnson for the PI, fine but it shouldn’t have come down to that. The defense was not the problem.
Ah, the defense was the problem at the end of the game. They couldn’t get the key stop. Couldn’t close the deal.
Let’s say you’re a high end auto salesman.
Dude comes in looking for a Kia, but now you’ve got him looking at a Jag XL.
takes it out for a test drive. You’re on him to come back in, don’t go to any other dealers.
He come back with his checkbook. You go back and forth a bit, but y ou get him to agree to a deal that gives your dealership a nice $15K profit with a $3K commission going to you.
He’s signing the deal when his pen runs dry.
You say, no prob, use mine. It’s your favorite pen with a Michigan M on it.
Turns out the dude was a huge Ohio State fan. He says ima outa here.
You played the deal perfectly, but you didn’t close.
That’s why the Bills D is at fault. They didn’t close the deal.
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Look at the bright side. His commercial with Diggs is pretty funny.
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21 minutes ago, Billz4ever said:
The offense turned the ball over 4 times.
The defense was the only reason we were in this game at all.
Yup, that’s true.
But at the end, they couldn’t seal the deal.
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Joe Brady on the Allen/Davis Miscommunication
in The Stadium Wall
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Agree with the lack of next level prep and Allen as leader.
Allen is one of, if not the most talented QB of this century.
But the team has to want to be champions, and put in the off-season work. I don’t think they’re doing so. I get that organized team activities are optional, but these guys are making millions of $ per year. It wouldn’t be so hard to put in a bit more work.
it’s been said that you need to put in 10000 hours to be expert at an activity, whether it’s playing the cello, shooting free throws, or learning the intricacies of option routes.
I don’t see as many miscommunications with other teams. I don’t think Bills are putting in the time.