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I'm totally on board with trying something different but i can see the Bills hesitation. I don't have the stats in front of me but over the last 4-5 years...Buffalo has like the 2nd best overall record (behind KC), the most TDs, the largest point differential, etc.. They have silly offensive stats that should have translated into a SB appearance or two. We just have the unfortunate situation of having to get through Kansas City to go anywhere. We are so close to them,,,but they don't blink at the end of games and we do. Is this all on McDermott? Possibly it is. although did he call the shot into the end zone on 2nd down? I dunno. Did he miss the FG?

In Real time a lot of people including me were saying that TIME off the clock was more important than throwing to the end zone for a TD with nearly 2 mins left. My issue is that even if he hit Shakir for the TD I really liked KC's chances to come down at the end and still win it. The Bills D wasn't stopping Mahomes in crunch time. The Bills needed to get the 9 yards. KC was giving up short stuff in the middle of the field. Bleed clock, go for the TD with very little time left, or if it comes down to a game tying FG, Bass would be closer and could likely hit it late and guarantee OT with a very late FG. I thought the script was working out to be our reverse 13 seconds game, where Buffalo had the ball at the end to win...or would kick the FG at the buzzer and win in OT somehow. Sadly, the worst outcome happened. Cursed.

I mean, when it' all said and done. If Josh continues to lead Buffalo to playoff games it's not a stretch to say his all-time playoff stats would be right up there only behind Brady and Mahomes. Just without the hardware.

Shoulda beat KC twice and been in two more AFC Championship games.. ugh. Josh doesn't deserve to be saddled with the curse that hovers over our city. He's a good man and a great QB. A HOF'er.

I just can't believe he didn't make that deep catch. That he did not reach up with his hands and catch it like an elite WR should. He's lost it and probably ran away after the game because he's upset with himself more than anything.

Our offense was mostly healthy this year. No excuses. A lot of teams aren’t.

Yeah, and with Two MVP's in the bag and an AFC Championship game, Lamar is already being fitted for his gold jacket. Everything else he does personally is gravy. They were actually angry on ESPN Get UP this morning that the Bills lost to KC the other day. They are still breaking it down and are perplexed. Even they want and expected the Bills to get over the hump.

It's an absolute crime of sports that Josh has not been in a Super Bowl yet. The other night was maddening. You can't lose back to back Divisional games at home. ugh.

ESPN Get Up is still discussing the Bills failures this morning, Lol. The crew remain in disbelief as to how Buffalo didn't win that game. One person said its unreal that Poyer and Hyde will leave the Bills without a Super Bowl Championship there.

As mad dog Russo said yesterday during his show on Sirius. People can analyze every aspect but The 13 second loss and Sundays loss just came down to bad luck for Buffalo. Just dumb luck for a snake bitten franchise. Both games could’ve gone the Bills way.

Yeah but if the curse holds Sunday, those KC fans get a fleeting moment of happiness from beating the Bills in these epic battles and then crash and burn just like 31 other teams. I kinda like that. They’re not getting another Lombardi off beating Buffalo.

There was a comment under the post that even the Eagles season crashed and burned after beating the Bills.

I love stuff like this. Hope the Ravens win for many reasons but for sure to keep this curse thing going.

I think he will wind up back in the Bay Area or SoCal to finish his career out. I don’t know what kind of circumstances would lead to this, but my thinking is he will win a late SB with 49ers or Rams someday.

I really want to go at it with the morons that are shouting out to Gabe Davis or who get into it with Bills players on social media. Pisses me off. That video clip has been posted all over various social media and other fans message boards. Just makes the entire Bills fan base look like absolute losers.

I always like the Beane pressers. The guy has his finger on the pulse of everything. He's an excellent GM. Nobody is perfect, I wouldn't want anyone else.

We did lose the ability to be explosive and i blame everyone BUT Josh Allen. All that being said, the game plan appeared to be to protect the depleted defense, holding the football and keeping Mahomes on the bench as long as possible. It came within a whisker of working. We had the ball at the end, with the chance to win. This didn't come down to Mahomes magic. We were calling the shots, and it failed. That hurts.

I had a thread during the win streak about Josh and the Bills maintaining a "refuse to lose" mentality. It was great to see. But they went up against the ultimate refuse to lose tandem in Mahomes/Andy Reid. It sucks, but they are the standard until they're not. We are so close though.

I’m sick of the Giants lol but i get it.

Allen has done everything imaginable. He's the entire heartbeat of the team and is responsible for everything good. But he's known for not beating Mahomes or Burrow when it matters, in consecutive seasons in the playoffs at home, which sucks.

This. And it really wasn't hard to break it down in the real time moment. At 2nd and 9 from the KC 27 at the two minute warning, the first down was MORE important than the TD right there. It's hard to say that, but it was. The Chiefs were allowing the middle of the field to some extent. Take it, you have two plays to get 9 yards and they weren't really stopping the Bills short stuff on that drive. Get the 9 yards, make them take the timeouts or bleed the clock. Make it so Buffalo is either going to get a lead TD with little time left or at worst, kick the FG from closer in for a nearly a guaranteed OT. The time was the key thing...to leave KC with almost no clock left for a comeback TD or a GW FG. Buffalo really blew that and McDermott/Brady must be sick about it.

Diggs must have had a shoulder injury because why he didn't reach up with two hands and ***** the ball on that long pass is beyond me comprehension. He's an elite WR and tries to catch what appeared to be a contested ball with his body. That was very not elite.

Ha, nice. I made a similar comparison yesterday in a different post but said Mahomes is Jordan and Allen is Karl Malone. Dude made the playoffs every year, would have had a couple Championships if not for Jordan. Just could never get past the Bulls. Malone is a Hall of Famer but never got a ring.

True, they've struggled badly. The reason Cincinnati beat KC and got to a SB is because the Bengals defense forced Mahomes into the worst half of his playoff life. You need offense, and with Allen the Bills will have good offense. Josh Allen's career playoff stats are better than his regular season stats in a lot of area. He elevates his game. The D and special teams unfortunately shrinks,,,in part due to schemes, coaching, injuries, playing against world class QBs....Pick a reason, they shrink against Mahomes and Burrow. But truthfully, Mahomes just might be the best ever and does it to a lot of teams.

WRs that don’t catch that with their hands have lost confidence or something. As a WR Diggs should be putting his two hands up and snatching the ball out of the air, not waiting for it to come into his body. But he shoulda caught it anyway. Just a terrible job there by Diggs all around.