CincyBillsFan

I remember the last game of a season about 15 - 20 years ago where all we needed to do was win at HOME against Pittsburgh and we were in the playoffs. It was early in the first decade of our two decades of decedent football and the Steelers beat us. That's when I swore I wouldn't ever care about style points again. The ONLY thing that mattered was to win. These types of late season games are TOUGH and coming out of 3 Rivers Stadium tonight with a win is HUGE.

See I don't see it that way. I don't care about style points. When you're in the playoff hunt in December every game against other teams in the playoff hunt are dog fights. Did the offense play well from start to finish? No. But that was because they were on the road playing one of the best defenses in the NFL. But when they needed to play well they did. That last TD drive was huge. And Allen also came through when the game was on the line. Last season this was one of if not the worst offenses in the NFL. After a complete remake and the injection of 3 rookies into the starting lineup the offense is now middle of the pack. That's real improvement. There are some things they do real well and there are other things that need work. But the direction is up and that's all we can ask for.

No way will I let these depressed sad sacks ruin my fun tonight. Hell I'm getting happier by the minute as it sinks in that we are in the playoffs! And think about this we are 2 - 1 in the tough part of our schedule and we could be 3 - 0. We are a good football team.

The offense is NOT a mess. Check out Cincinnati or the Redskins to see bad offenses. The Bills offense is a work in progress. It's red zone production is quite good; they've had numerous LONG and CLUTCH TD drives this season. They do lack consistency but that will be corrected with time. The Bills played an elite defense tonight on the road and the offense played okay and well enough to WIN. And when all is said & done that's all that matters.

That's a fair assessment and it is frustrating. Allen can be exasperating at times. But the fact he bounces back and makes the throws he did on that last drive give me confidence that things are going to work out. In this game I thought the O came alive when it was challenged by the circumstances of the game. The first time was after Pitt went up 10 - 7 we had a great drive going until the Singleterry fumble. I'm confident that we score 3 or 7 on that drive. Then the last drive to put us up 17 - 10 was fantastic and totally unexpected. That's two good drives when we needed the offense to be productive. A couple years from now when Allen is a top 3 QB in the NFL we're going to wax nostalgic about when he was a "baby" and inconsistent!

I would say rather then "widely inconsistent" we have an incomplete offense. Given how young we are and the extreme turnover from last season it's a work in progress. But a couple of times this year the Offense has bailed us out and I would include tonight. That last drive won us the game. This offense will only get better.

I believe it's been 20 years!

You should probably stick with High School football then. That's where you have teams go undefeated and beat all their opponents by 40 points per game. This is the NFL and tonight the Bills had a BIG BOY NFL win. There was NOTHING mediocre about it Mr. Sad Sack.

The refs are scum bags. That mistake was unbelievable. That another ref didn't step in and overrule that call makes you question the integrity of the officiating.

Are you kidding? It's sad that you don't feel as awesome as most of us do. This is the NFL and we went on the road and beat a very good team to EARN a place in the playoffs. I feel bad for you.

THANK GOD they won this game. I'm mentally & physically exhausted. I couldn't make it to the last game if that's what we needed to do to make the playoffs. Some observations: * That was an ugly game but it's exactly what we all expected. The Steelers were playing well. After an 0 - 3 start Pitt had gone 8 - 2 going into tonight's game. Their defense is elite. * The bottom line is that as a 9 - 4 team we went on the road and beat an 8 - 5 team to clinch a playoff spot. That is HUGE. * I'll admit that I lost hope about 10 times tonight but this team is resilient. * The Bills defense took advantage of an inexperienced QB. It won the game tonight. * But let's also tip our hat to the offense. Sure they struggled for parts of this game but that last TD drive was a thing of beauty. It was clutch as hell and Allen rose to the occasion with 2 of his best throws of the season. * This is probably not the Bills year. Next year is when I expect them to take off. But my goodness they went 6 - 10 last season and now they stand at 10 - 4 and are in the playoffs! And unlike 2017 where they backed into the postseason, tonight the Bills kicked the door in.

This is on Daboll.

Oh for crying out loud. The penalties are killing the offense as is the poor O-line play. We are year away from having even an average offense.

And an elite D wouldn't let a team with a 3rd string QB shove it down their throats right out of the halftime locker room.

Judas priest. How many time this season in big games does our D come out in the 2nd half and let a team march it right down the field to score a TD?

Until we get receivers that can make a great catch once and a while we'll never know now will we? Did you see the halftime highlights? Some pretty great catches on display.

He threw the ball just fine. That has to be caught.

Overthrow! You people are calling that an overthrow? Judas Priest that pass is caught by almost every WR in the NFL. This is getting ridiculous. You can't have THREE freaking WR's under six foot on the field. This is 2019 not the 1990's.

The difference is that our dropped passes are the type you throw 30 times a game compared to just a couple of deep balls per game.

The drops have to stop. We would still have the ball had Beasley not dropped that pass. And don't tell me that Allen threw the pass to hard. That's just plain stupid.

There are a lot of big, physical WR's in the NFL who would have made that catch. Mahomes has been the beneficiary of a umber of those kinds of catches over the last 2 seasons. It's frustrating because had Foster held onto that ball people are showing that replay as a testament to Allen's play making ability.

The Bengals are going to get a great one in Burrow. He is pro ready IMO and should start from day 1. His athleticism will enable him to survive the Bengals bad O-line his rookie year. My guess is that while Cincy will trade Dalton they'll hold on to Green who combined with Boyd will give the Bengal's a potent one two punch in their passing game. Burrow will be able to get them the ball as they resemble his WR's at LSU. Mike Brown (Bengal's owner) also desperately needs to put butts in seats and a Heisman trophy winner can do that.

If you haven't yet, check out the "Is Josh Allen a Good QB" thread. It has one of the best video breakdowns of Allen, focusing on the Baltimore game, that I've ever seen. Well worth spending 20 minutes watching it. It will leave you very optimistic for the Bill's future.

Great video - thanks for sharing! It's nice to have a neutral observer who seems to know his stuff provide the extra perspective needed to assess a position like QB. I really believed and this video seemed to confirm that Allen played very well in the 2nd half. Hopefully we won't have another game this season were so many pieces of the offense misfired at critical moments.

Allen's DEEP throw to Singleterry was on the money and if #26 had more experience on fly patterns he would have run through that catch and not tried to jump for the ball. And Fouts said exactly that. The quick flat pass to Singleterry was PERFECT and if he makes his guy miss that's a huge gain. The throw to Knox was PERFECT and may have been a TD if the small DB misses the tackle as Knox turns towards the end zone. The throw to Beasley was also PERFECT and was made after Allen got out of trouble in a collapsing picket. These 4 plays ALL happened in the 3rd quarter. Had the catches been made the Bills win the game.