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I wore a Josh Allen Jersey and watched the game from home. I wore the same jersey during each playoff loss. I think it may need to be exorcised

I have to blame the Bills a bit on this one. The Dolphins play games at home in September all the time and the heat is similar, yet you don't hear about people dropping like flies the way you did in this game. I don't know any of the science or what was done, but that was surreal Don't wonder, know that my emotions got the best of me. But I did say that immediately in the post. What's really interesting to me is that this post has now gotten more replies and views in 24 hours than the last two did in a week. I knew the responses would be mixed, but to see all the trolls and people who only respond when something negative is put out there, has been very interesting. It's as if we played against our own defense. The Dolphins bent, but didn't break. The stats mean nothing when it translates to 17 offense points, 3 in the second half. Everyone keeps comparing it to the Bills playing the Pats during the Brady era, and I agree in many ways. We'd out perform them, but make a mistake or two and that would be enough for them to win. If that was a Bills/Pats game, you bet your ass that their LB returns that pick six and Brady hits McK on that last touchdown. That's the difference between us and their domination of us

Interesting. I would never have thought of it, nor heard someone, take it that way. Saying he’s a 42 million dollar man means he has a higher expectation. Yo deliver. Once you get paid, the expectations rise. I expect my top 5? money qb to make that throw at the end when no one is around and the receiver is open. No matter what happened until that moment, good or bad, he has to make that throw. If you’re in a rookie deal, you’re still in evaluated mode. If you’re making sub 35 mil, then that’s what you get sometimes. Top money, don’t be the one who made the bad play to help lose. Nothing personal about it. That’s basic job expectations based upon salary.

Wait, how is referring to his salary mocking him? I’m honestly curious, because I only know one thing that’s used to imply

I don’t know that. But our defense overall played well minus the one deep pass to Waddle

This is that all or nothing mentality that I don’t understand. When he had the chance to win the game, he choked. Sometimes it’s that simple. Did other people suck, sure. But does that make missing McK on that touchdown okay? He made a lot out of nothing sure. But when the 42 mil man had to make the throw that mattered most, he missed and we lost. It’s both to me. Gabe should have caught it, but the DB also made a good play. If you ask Gabe, he’ll say it’s on him

I’m not saying his entire performance, but a lot. If the defense can catch anything, he has 4 picks. There’s a lot of good, but a lot of bad. When it came down to it, and the game was his to win, he didn’t get it done on a wide open receiver.

Thanks boss. I think a lot of people forget that these are alway meant to be examined in a vacuum. I’m not talking about the prior two games or the teams body of work, this is about just this game. If we lost because of those injuries, I’d be better about it. The defense only gave up 21 points, and I’d argue it was really 14. If you knew that prior to the game, you’d expect to win. Injuries contributed, and we put up a lot of yardages, but failed to execute when it matter with core players. That it what I’m focusing on. I knew I’d get a lot of hate for this one, but I’m also furious about how this game was handled. These types of mistakes is what leads to 13 seconds and all the other Bills misery

I’m not taking it for granted. If he hits McK, people will call it the game winner. If he misses, then would you not say it lost the game as well? We scored 3 points in the second half. 3. The past is the past. Who owns that?

I'll wait for the post-game press conference. But he will tell you that he should have hit McKenzie for that touchdown. No one touched him.

Sorry, but poor coaching, mental mistakes, and being physically manhandled isn't an over-reaction. Take away the mistake by the safety to Waddle, and everything else came from normal starters. This game was chocked away. Yes, it's not the end of the world because we will play them again, but it's huge for the 1 seed. We are in a touch stretch these first 6 weeks and will need every win we can get. There's no guarantee when some of these guys will be back. When the chips are down, we need our highly paid players of Josh, Milano, and others to step up. They didn't do that today and it's concerning as to why

***** pick one. Just a ***** show. The entire team and coaches should be embarrassed

Well, if you're going to post angry, go big or go home. If you are on team "we were injured," feel free to stop reading now. This game was embarrassing in all aspects of the game, and even beyond to the NFL. 1 - Everyone else - This whole week has been about the players we don't have on the field, yet it was the guys who stayed healthy that made some of the biggest impacts on the game. In a game of "what if's", there were countless plays you could point to that could have sent this game in a different direction. Milano with an inexcusable dropped pick 6, Josh with at least 4 passes that should have been easily intercepted, multiple lost yardage plays due to bad snaps, Brown getting just abused at RT until he also leaves the game sick, Bass with an short FG miss that could have been the game winner, and again Allen missing a wide open McKenzie for a touchdown. 2 - Inevitable - If there were one thing that kept me up at night going into this game, it was fear of miscommunication and gap integrity between the safeties and corners. In a game where the Bills did a great job of limiting Tua, Waddle, and Hill, they folded when it counted the most giving up an inexcusable 3rd and 22 to the Bills goal line. Without that play, of all of them, the Dolphins stat line is pedestrian and pull off a miracle defensive performance. 3 - Safety - I don't know enough about all of the medical protocols or options for teams in a game like this, but you really have to question the NFL after this game. How Tua was able to clear concussion protocol so quickly makes absolutely no sense. I haven't seen a QB stagger off the field like that since Joe Montana with the Chiefs against the Bills in the playoffs. I don't care how well he passed tests in the locker room, there's no way he should have been allowed to play. To be clear, this has nothing to do with the Bills losing and I don't think Tua beat us on any level. Between that, the amount of play stoppages for dehydration and cramping, and the amount of players who left the game early, something needs to be done differently. 4 - Come and take a walk on the wild side Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain You like your girls insane ("Louder!", "Alright") So choose your last words, this is the last time 'Cause you and I—we were born to die 5 - Allen - You are either a stat person or you aren't, and for this game, I don't care about Josh's stats. He lost this game for us on offense and I think he would tell you the same thing. Josh's accuracy on crossing routes was poor, throwing multiple passes behind the receivers. He threw at least 4 passes that easily should have been picked off, plus the miss to a wide open McKenzie last goal line drive. While he overcame it, the PF call to lose 15 yards was inexcusable. Josh was clearly rattled in the second half and started to press too much. Maybe it was the heat, frustration of some terrible snaps, or playing with only 3 active receivers at times, but Josh needs to be better than this. 6 - Play calling - I have to hand it to the Dolphins as they had a very good game plan for our offense and did enough to keep the Bills offense at bay. Again, you can look at stats all you want, but Diggs was relatively shut down in this game after the first quarter. Howard left the game for a while and Diggs still couldn't do anything. Davis was also quiet as we heard Gilly's name more than his. As for the Bills, they continue to collapse on short yardage plays, can't run to save their life, and flirted with turnovers a lot. Nothing ever felt fluid for the Bills on offense or defense, in a game that's almost impossible to describe to someone who didn't watch it. 7 - Motor - I understand that Moss had a big run in this game. But beyond that, Motor was the only back doing anything on the field and it's been this way through three games. Additionally, the running plays on the RPO or out of the shotgun were some of the slowest developing plays I've ever seen. You would think the offense was running on quicksand and showed no push or burst up front. And before you point to the loss of the entire right side of our line, this was before those injuries and were runs to the left side. I know we are a passing team, but this is inexcusable. 8 - McKenzie - If there were one shining light on offense, it might have been that we finally saw a McKenzie jet sweep in this game. McKenzie used his speed on quite a few plays to pick up nice chunks of yards, to the point that makes you wonder why he hasn't been used more up until now. His 20+ yard catch was a beautiful touch pass by Josh, but an equally great catch by McK. I also want to know why McK wasn't returned the free kick after the safety. Was that because it was still a punt, in theory? 9 - Special teams - Between the Bass missed FG, being pinned inside our 20 a few times, and Crowder not even getting back to the 25 after the safety, the special teams was another group who found a way to not show up in this game. Absolutely horrendous job by unit that was healthy coming into the game. 10 - Bye Week - I'll be honest, I don't know what to expect through the next 3 weeks. You can find some solace in how the defense held Waddle and Hill down, but I'm not one willing to crown the Dolphins as a top tier team yet. Going into Baltimore next week is going to be brutal, and then we still have the Chiefs after that. I know that it's early, and thankfully we get to play the Dolphins again. But we may very well need the tie breakers for the Ravens and Chiefs, so it sucks to have these games coming up when we aren't even 50% healthy. Out of everything, I just hate having a season be defined by injuries, and that's exactly what this season is shaping up to be. For those looking for more about the game, my apologies. I'm not going to cool down from this game for a long time. I can handle a loss and was expecting one. But to lose like this is just pathetic to me. The Dolphins were better prepared, had more energy, and played harder. Lose, but don't get beat in those three phases. That's on McD.

This is going to age well

Yup. The one position that can serious ***** up Josh Allen and the offense the most

In light of recent developments, the Bills have adjusted their stadium design

Can someone please explain the +200 to me? Maybe I’m old, but I just remember everything being simper with 5-1 odds. I don’t get any of this -650, +200 stuff

So… 5 of the 11 starters on defense are out, plus rotational depth on the line. This is fun

I mean, Jackson, Tre, Oliver, and Settle

It sucks to have lost Marlowe. I thought he played well and we could use the depth now.

I’m very curious to know the story of the first and second medical opinion. Was the second because he was looking for more optimistic results and the chance to play, or did he believe it was worse and the first opinion was going to allow him to play. With it not being his first neck injury, I wonder if he might go the Eric Wood route and retire. He’s made plenty of money and not sure if it’s worth the risk at his age.

Who’s going to return all of the opposing teams onside kicks

I’ll give you some “business” for free seats

Same. I wanted to take my daughter to the Steelers game, but prices are insane. I may just take her to the Jets game in Jersey. It’s half the drive and half the price

My dear lord, his supporting cast was terrible