technobot
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Perhaps he broke the curse or whatever is hanging over the Bills.
But yes, an all-timer for sure.
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Allen confirming dinner plans with Hailee, Kelce and Swift
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no way!!!
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DrDawkinstein's starter pack gif said it all, and that's just from 2019.
I see that stats, analysis and rankings that clearly state McDermott is a sound defensive mind, and I truly believe this is the case against the bottom to mushy middle of the NFL.
It just seems against good - elite teams, pucker up that rectum if it's a one score game going into the two-minute warning.
It also seems like we have a fetish with ensuring the other team has at least a shot at the endzone for a hail mary or miracle type play if they need it.
Missed a glorious opportunity to add the Giants and Bucs to this list.
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I've seen this movie and the same f'n ending so many times.
It was obvious how as we kept missing opportunities. Like we could have had 21 or more going into the half. And knowing we would need any of those points... Cook's drop, Bass' blocked/missed FG.
On cue, our defense started leaking then gushing in the fourth quarter. But will give credit to making a stop and making them kick a 59/60 yarder in the rain to tie it.
Having said that, I had no faith we could hold in overtime. Shades of KC, even shades of the opener on MNF where our special teams (i.e. much of our defensive depth) was gassed and gave up a PR TD.
There was a glimmer as we moved the ball into their end and I thought for a moment that we'd go for the walkoff win.
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Injuries notwithstanding, we DOMINATED TOP yesterday:
40:30 (Bills) 26:53 (Eagles
Yet I had seen this movie before. The defense stopped making stops in the fourth quarter. Give them credit for holding the line, and tip my hat to Elliott for making an all-time kick.
But this kind of performance predates McDermott, it was a drought special. We've all seen it a million times. Defense plays above expectations for 3/4 of the game giving us a chance. They get trampled at the end anyway as the other side simply pulls away. Patriots with Brady were particularly cruel with this kind of letdown.
The difference is we clearly have a franchise quarterback. Like, Romo doesn't even try to hide his giant ***** man crush for Allen anymore. Two weeks ago he casually dropped "one of the all-time greats" referring to Allen, a player who is 27!!! You can hear Romo coaching Allen during the broadcasts because he knows #17 was sent to us on a rocket ship and the last son of Krypton is being wasted. He knows Allen is capable of being the most dominant player in the league.
Sincerely, thank you Sean McDermott for getting us to another tier. Hopefully we find the right OFFENSIVE coach to maximize our HOF QB's career.
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Our defensive minded head coach can't engineer a stop when it matters.
We do silly things/take silly penalties/come up small and keep teams in the game. Good teams punish us for this. Even bad teams come through when we insist on playing to their level.
We play tighter as the moment becomes bigger and seek out new, implausible ways to lose.
IMO it's our culture. They all own it. We've seen everyone from Allen and Diggs through the bottom of the roster make just the awful plays or inexplicably not come through on a wide open type play.
We'll always have 2020-2022 but that iteration never won big either. We need a new coach/system and a culture reset. Clock's always ticking in the land of Not For Long. It feels like we're wasting a franchise quarterback otherwise.
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2 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:
The defense was gassed? They were only on the field for 23 minutes! The offense was in possession for over 40.
That's my point. We dominated TOP and they were still gassed at the end.
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Diggs' face at the end of regulation and into OT said it for me. He knew we would dig deep and find a way to lose.
Credit to the Eagles kicker for making a monster kick.I knew that when we settled for a FG in OT we were cooked.
Yes the defense was gassed. The offense and kicker made too many miscues earlier and kept the Eagles in the game. But we completely dominated the TOP. What else did we need?
Why does it feel like everything has to be perfect for a Sean McDermott coached defense to come through? Like our offense rolls them early or we run into a Zack Wilson type and we're gifted 3 and outs by an inept offense.
McDermott and the Bills have built a league-wide reputation of not being able to close games we should have won, and finding a way to lose, often in cinematic fashion.
I don't hate the guy and am truly thankful for a culture change he brought when he came here but it's time to go. I was previously worried he was losing the players, and am now convinced.
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As a final FU to the Jets it took Josh Allen's most ridiculous game of his career to win in week one. See you next year.
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James Cook USDA certified lean
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bills obviously had this highlighted as a revenge game the moment they lost on MNF to start their season
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Kudos for optimism and yes, adversity can make a person and a group or a team stronger.
However, the pattern that has developed under McDermott concerns me.
Quite simply, if we just look at football adversity, and remove injuries from the equation, we’ve had plenty of adversity or uncomfortable situations the team would have to talk about and overcome together.
13 seconds, Hail Murray, Vikings at Bills, even Broncos at Bills on MNF… this isn’t even a complete list but we are literally writing the book on how to collapse at the end of a game, within the final minute.
The concern here is are we learning? Is this making us stronger? Trevon Diggs running his mouth on Twitter about getting Stefon out of Buffalo makes me suspicious.
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2 minutes ago, Process said:
Von is just going through the motions out there. Zero effort. Just collecting a paycheck at this point.
There was a play early in the game where he was running towards Wilson for a sack and just stopped. Didn't jump to try and bat the ball. Didn't go for the tackle. Just stopped playing football mid play to avoid any contact.
Bench Cook but keep playing Miller. Sure.
Saw that too, and alot of Von doing the casual jog.
If he's that limited, why is he out there? 50% effort reps in a game setting? If that's his 90%/100% he shouldn't even be dressed for gameday.
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There's no quit from me.
This year's Bills do share some of the qualities of the drought teams:
- unreliable offense
- some great defensive performances wasted by said offense as the defense is eventually too tired to make a critical stop
- being "un-clutch" and knowing as a Bills fan that the team will dig deep, and find a way to lose games they could easily win
- questionable coaching
The difference being we supposedly have so much star power compared to the drought. But like the drought, we seem so unprepared and wilt in pressure situations.
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Off topic, but somewhat adjacent with the topic related to preparedness and practicing for situations.
Denver converts a field goal attempt at the end of the first half with no timeouts, clock running and about 15 seconds left. Are we confident our Bills could do the same?
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We've seen that movie many times during the drought. Beleaguered defense shows up, keeps us in the game all night. Offense looks incompetent most of the game, punter in store for a busy night. Sometime by the mid-late fourth quarter, the defense is gassed.
We didn't get the patented "now that the defense is gassed it hemmorhages yards in the ground game". We instead got the tried and tested "defense exhausted and can't make a stop with the game on the line". Some questionable panic defensive calls straight out of Madden credited with the assist.
Like the drought teams, this year's iteration of the Bills is adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The added wrinkle is "if the other team is motivated and ready to play, we'll make damn sure to look past them!"
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It's excruciating watching new ways to lose in the final minute but let's be honest. Even if they had won that game won would you have felt good about the team's chances moving forward?
What's most disturbing is how much they lose like the drought teams used to.
I'm thankful for McD turning the thing around but everyone knows him and his tendencies and his defense, except this year he has overburdened himself with defensive playcalling responsbilities and tends to panic and call engage eight.
No matter what Pegula thinks he's in danger of losing the players if he hasn't already.
What a mess.
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trademark collapse to end the half
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This year's iteration of the Bills have shown me that yes, if they dig deep or are apathetic enough, they can and will lose to any team in the NFL!
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Sorry if it's been stated ad nauseum up thread.
Why does this keep happening to us, why do games end like this. We are the wrong end of a highlight reel compilation documenting the most unbelievable collapses in NFL and sporting history.
From the team that brought you Hail Murray... Introducing: 13 seconds! Nothing will prepare you for the end of Vikings @ Bills 2022! How about Mac "MJ10" Jones and a Patriots offense averaging 12 points/game marching down field to score a touchdown with less than two minutes left?
Hey, this is all regular season, all good. But wait, as an encore, in elimination games, we have the "not in the same tier as the other team" letdown.Maybe that noise in the offseason about players not trusting the process as much had some measure of truth. This is mind numbing as a fan, just as the Bills became a good, potentially elite team, we remind the sporting world that no one loses in outrageous fashion like those Buffalo Bills.
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are the Broncos quitting on Payton/Wilson
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Allen pumping up Bernard... good times
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Bills @ Chiefs Postgame Thread
in The Stadium Wall
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Allen in postgame didn't sound pleased with the offense but the treat was:
"Defense played fantastic, went out there, made a 2 minute stop, which was great to see"
is the bolded a big ask?