Giuseppe Tognarelli

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Very good post.

I concede that I am primarily making this post so I can, in the future, concisely remember exactly what went wrong for the Bills in this game. There are two schools of argument: the Bills lost because they didn't make enough plays, OR the Bills lost because of the officiating. Plays the Bills failed to make: The John Brown – with a chance to put a second touchdown on the board by setting up the Bills with a first-and-goal, Josh Allen delivers a great sideline throw to John Brown. It's a routine toe drag, not even especially difficult, but Brown unnecessarily hops and is not able to keep his feet in bounds. The Bills settle for a field goal, which ultimately proves costly. The Duke Williams – it would have been a spectacular contested catch, but just before halftime, Duke Williams gets both hands on a ball in the end zone but is not able to pull it down for a 17-0 lead. The Dropped Interception – Deshaun Watson throws a second-half ball directly into the hands of Siran Neal, and Neal drops it. This could have sealed the game for the Bills. The Go-for-the-Arm – on Watson's two-point conversion run, Jordan Poyer opts to go for the body of Watson rather than the arm holding the ball. Watson extends the free arm for the two points, which proved to be the difference in regulation. The Helmet-to-Helmet, Part 1: on a keeper in overtime, Josh Allen appears to have a clear path to a first down, putting the Bills in game-winning field goal range. Mitch Morse and Dawson Knox, however, block no one, allowing the free Texans defender to run right past them and knock the quarterback out of bounds. The Swing Pass – after the tough penalty against Cody Ford, the Bills have a chance to get back into field goal range on a swing pass to Duke Williams. Allen badly misfires, however, and that was the last time the Bills' offense would see the field. The Escape – Siran Neal appears on this list for a second time as he, along with Matt Milano, are unable to take down Deshaun Watson on what proved to be the game-winning play for the Texans. Plays the Bills failed to make because of bad coaching: The Frank Gore – 1st & 10, Texans' 23, 0:30 remaining in Q2, 1 timeout left. The Bills inexplicably run Frank Gore out of a timeout, forfeiting any reasonable chance of a touchdown and a commanding 17-0 lead. Instead, they go in with a 13-0 lead which leaves the Texans within striking distance. The 4th & 27 – from the Texans' 42, the Bills inexplicably go for it instead of punting with 3 timeouts remaining. Some argue that "it worked out anyway" because the Bills got the ball back and kicked a field goal to tie, but the Bills could have been in position for a game-winning touchdown if they had pinned the Texans back with a punt. The Delay of Game, Part 1 – on 3rd & 18 in overtime, the Bills' come out in an inexplicably deep coverage and are not able to converge on the ball carrier before he gains 19 yards. Bad calls or no-calls: The Kickoff – Bills appear to go up 19-0 as a touchdown is properly ruled on the field, but on-field "discussion" sparked by off-field officiating assistants causes a dubious reversal. After the game, the entire ESPN studio crew, Armando Salguero, and many others explain that the play should have stood as a touchdown, giving the Bills an insurmountable lead. The Helmet-to-Helmet, Part 2 – on a keeper in overtime, Josh Allen just passes the line of scrimmage when he takes a crown-of-the-helmet blow on the chin from a Texans defender. A 15-yard penalty should have been called, setting the Bills up 1st & 10 on the Texans' 27, where they undoubtedly would have won the game. The Blindside Block – in overtime, Josh Allen partially hurdles a man and puts the Bills in game-winning field goal range. The play is called back because of an "illegal blindside block" on Cody Ford. After the game, PFT, Mike Pereira, Shaun O'Hara, and many other prominent figures condemn the call. The Delay of Game, Part 2 – on 3rd & 18, the play clock expires on the Texans, but the play is allowed to go on, and the Texans convert for 19 yards. Strangely, the off-field officiating assistants—who are ostensibly there in the playoffs to ensure proper rulings—do not storm the field to correct any of these calls or non-calls, except to reverse the kickoff TD. ? Am I missing anything?

Name the calls that benefited the Bills in that game. There were three terrible calls that benefited the Texans and cost the Bills dearly.

Say what? Word is they love Stidham.

McDermott seems to be conservative when he should be aggressive and then stupidly aggressive at times when he should be conservative. It's bizarre.

This needs to be everywhere on Twitter. People need to be talking about this.

The refs shouldn't have been thinking about the consequences of awarding us a TD; the Texans player is the one who gave us the TD by rule. The ref just needed to explain that by saying, "By rule..." like they do so often when they announce calls they know might not go over well. I don't see anything about this on PFT, which means it's just going to quietly go away. I'm very frustrated. This needs to be addressed with a rule change.

Why is it a pipe dream? We have more cap room than almost every team in the league.

Bad timing. Poyer should've gone for Watson's extending arm, not body, to keep him out on the 2-point conversion. He makes that play and the Bills win the game.

Troll post.

You're a troll. You come here with a holier-than-thou "Don't get emotionally invested in a game" speech... In the very place you could expect to find the highest concentration of diehard fans. Low-class move.

Did we ever find out who the Men in Black are? Seriously, who are these guys that no one's ever seen before?

I can't believe that people are on here criticizing Duke Williams, but when it comes to John Brown, crickets... His failure to stay in bounds was a huge play in the game. That was a routine sideline grab and should have set us up first and goal. People wanted to call HIM a #1 receiver? He's a soft, finesse player who needs to work in space opposite a true #1.

Are you serious? Are you forgetting the several huge catches he made? It's not like he was wide open and dropped the ball; it was a very difficult catch. He's not an experienced #1 receiver and you act like that is the standard or expectation for him. It's bizarre. He caught balls yesterday that no one else on the team would have. The treatment he's getting on here from some posters who keep driving the point in multiple threads is crazy. The would-be TD would have been an amazing catch and people would be saying we found our #1 receiver. No one is expecting him to be that, and yet you act like he is a total failure if he is not that.

Brian Daboll will be interviewing in Buffalo today for head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Whether you like his playcalling or not, putting his best foot forward and interviewing today after what took place last night (and getting home in the early hours of the morning) is a tall task from a human professional standpoint. Good luck today, Brian.

Me too. And I think this gut-wrenching, never-should-have-happened loss will be a wake-up call. He will HAVE to analyze those missed opportunities, and he will grow. The whole team will. I am concerned about Miami, though. That team is in an outstanding position with a badass HC.

What comments have you so fired up you're going on and on about it in multiple threads? What did McDermott say that was out of line?

I can listen to arguments that McDermott or Josh lost the game for us, but to say it was Duke Williams' fault is a bizarre take. Ridiculous.

Wow. Your bullying is embarrassing.

I'm stunned at how people are reacting to his performance. He was a key player today and made big plays. As others have said, that TD would've been SPECTACULAR and elevated his performance to legendary. Your expectations are ridiculous.

What are people talking about with Duke? Are people really blaming him for the catch he didn't come up with in the end zone? That would have been spectacular, and he did make several other huge plays today. You clearly have an agenda if you are defending Brown and criticizing Duke. Duke kept drives alive today with catches no one else on our roster could make.

Our starting gunner is inactive. It definitely wouldn't be trolling to express concern. I'm sure it's something the coaching staff took into account when determining whether or not to activate Williams.

Duke just pulled a Rob Johnson on Robert Foster's Flutie.

Let's funking go.