The Red King

I think I heard this same argument made when the Diggs trade was rumored... 🤔

Completely outclassed, all sides of the ball, personell and coaching. Was a fun run, but they played scared. Not good enough. We needed the go for the throat Week 17 Bills.

Someone find McD some stones, stat. This ain't gonna work. Time's a tickin'.

Hey, it worked so well for GB...oh...

Nerves. Remember Mahomes and KC the first half of their first Championship game. They regrouped, caught up and took the Pats to OT.

Can't stop a running nose at this point. Nickname our 'D' The Red Carpet. They are getting humiliated.

I was just mulling how improbable this was. Both Championship games are rematches of earlier games this season against non-divisional opponents. That alone is rare enough. But for both games to be rematches of games from the same week (six), well, the odds of that are staggering. Serious Twilight Zone vibes, really. 🤔

He's not even close to 100%. Buffalo needs to send the heat early and often and knock him around like a pinball. Force him to move on that toe, and think fast with that concussion. I'm not sure he can do either well right now.

Backbreaker there...

Even a stopped clock... Stopped...oh crap, I overslept! 😁

I prefer getting the second half kickoff. * If you are winning, you can extend the lead * If you are tied you can take the lead * If you are losing, you get an immediate chance to close the gap If you kick off in the second half you have to immediately... * If you are winning, you have to try and keep your opponent from coming back * If you are tied, you have to try and keep them from gaining the lead * If you are losing, you have to try and stop them from making the deficit even worse

Steelers created their nightmare. They could have ended a divisional rival's playoff chances last week. They *knew* they could face them again and decided that wouldn't be an issue.

Positive? I'm positive those refs... *ahem* Sorry, just teasing. It wasn't pretty. And we underperformed at every position except our kicker and punter. It was far from our best performance. ...we *won* though. Ask Seatle if they'd take an ugly win like we got. The Bills survived a scare, and maybe that will help ground them and keep them humble. Maybe it will fire them up to play better next week, leading to a rout. The Bills won. No matter what the score and circumstance, everything gets reset and next week starts at 0-0. After tomorrow there will be a total of six teams wishing their games played out for them like ours did for us. Just keep *that* in mind if you start feeling too negative about this game. A 'W' is still a "W", after all.

He has been pretty much since the Bills beat his Broncos. He's pretty fair in his evaluations and entertaining to watch.

Am I mistaken, or did the league do the same to Tampa earlier? Close play, looked like a fumble, was near the end of the first half, under two minutes. Looked like the booth wasn't going to review it so Tampa burned a time-out to force the issue. And after the review, call on the field stood. Tampa won, as did we, but the NFL should realize they dodged a bullet twice and really take a look at it's officials and replay system.

I have a new appreciation for the suffering of the Saints and their fans after this...

This. There was no excuse for that one. They had all the time in the world during the injury time out to look at it.

This. I get it, Giants have to blame themselves. Not excusing them or feeling bad for them. If they were 9-7, 10-6 maybe I would. That being said, what the Eagles pulled was unsportsman like. Yes, teams tank. But they at least *try* to conceal that they are. The Eagles just outright threw the game on a national stage so they could blatently improve their draft capital. They should have just saved everyone the drama and emotion and just declared they were forfeiting this game ahead of time.

Wasn't the bomb to Davis retaliation for Miami calling a time-out when the Bills just content to run out the clock? "Well, this was fun. Let's just get this over wi...wait. A time out? Really? You still want to play? Okay. Let's play."

Yeah, usually 10-6 is good enough for a wild card lock and you end up with a handful of 9-7 hopefulls scrambling for the bottom wild cards. When we broke the drought there were actually four 9-7 teams in the AFC all tied for the two wild card spots.

As I revel in the afterglow of this most wonderful beatdown I'm left to wonder...was that painful loss to Arizona actually beneficial? Up to that point, the Bills would roll up an early lead, then go flat dropping into conservative mode. They let their opponents back into games and then we all held our breath as they turned it back on and clawed out a win. They almost did it again against the Cardinals. Forget the painful ending a moment, the Bills had and blew a decent lead. Once again Allen had to fight back near the end to take what looked like a game winning score, only to have their hearts ripped out. Things changed after that. Buffalo stopped trying to protect a lead, and started stepping on throats, and it was glorious. The Bills started leaving a trail of broken bodies, dreams and playoff chances in their wake. So, what do you all think? Was the Hail Murray actually a much needed wake-up call to rouse the meat grinder we saw on display today?

I will openly admit I was wrong. I cut him slack at first, between bad refs on first FG, laces not turned the next one or such, but as the misses kept happening I thought he needed to go. Bills were more patient then I was and it's paid off quite well for them.

If your loss column has more digits then your win column maybe you shouldn't be a playoff team? 😁 On the other hand, I think I would pay money to see Brady lose a wild card game to a 6-10 Giants team. I mean, they played them tight in the regular season.

My daughter and I were stunned at the post-game. Never saw the hoodie seem that lost. His soul was crushed. You could hear it in his voice. He may not have expected to win, but he did *not* expect his team to get chewed up and spit out in their own house by the Bills like that. Rome is burning, chaps. The empire is crumbling.

After the early games the AFC wild card situation is an absolute mess with four teams tied at 10-5. It's not only a toss up as to who makes it in, but also where. Week 17 just got a lot more fun to watch.