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I'm sure Brady, Evans and his other WR's work on PI in practice a bit. Brady has used that penalty as a weapon for years.

When you start the thread with "didn't watch the game" you lose half the readers immediately. All i will say regarding refs is call the game evenly, call it fairly for both teams. Allen threw the ball 54 times and not one penalty on the Tampa DB's? no way. We all saw it. I've always said that PI should be reviewable for a bad call or a non-call.

Yes we should absolutely be concerned. He’s not tracking it properly and the ball tonight fell harmlessly right next to him?! it’s inexplicable?!. I think there was another one later on too. Also, he so concerned with trying to draw a penalty he’s forgetting to actually go after and fight for the ball. He just throwing his hands up and flopping a bit. It’s a bad look. He need to start acting like a professional WR. He will get the calls if he’s fighting for he ball, not throwing his hands up.

This is a brutal loss. It’s pro sports and in the NFL you need to be playing your best ball after Thanksgiving. I get being optimistic but There is no carryover to next week unfortunately. The Bills are running out of time, and i’m doubting they will even make the playoffs. These final games that people chalk up as easy wins won’t all be.

This game ending was so frustrating for a bunch of different reasons. But not completing the comeback was just a vicious gut punch. Is there any doubt that if Buffalo had the 24-3 lead gave it up that Tampa would ultimately win the game? No, of course not. But somehow this years Bills team can’t make that one extra play and get over the hump in these close games.

Lets hope it’s a “manage the pain” type of injury. if they find any kind of fracture in there it’s Trubisky time. And we get start dusting off the mock draft boards.

All the good fortune we had last season is reversed in this seasons close games. I was thinking tonight when we punted to Tampa in OT. Time for the D to get a takeaway, then kick the FG and get outta there with a W. Of course it never happened.

What true, the boot? yeah they have pics of him leaving the stadium. actually the boot goes up his entire shin too. kinda jarring to see.

You forget Allen left the stadium in a walking boot?! Nothing will be easy. Not one game will be easy and it’s tough to think they can go from losing 3 of 4 to winning their final 3 of 4.

Allen three the ball 54 times today i don’t recall a PI or defensive holding. The one on Diggs in the end zone was obvious.

Diggs is so concerned with getting calls he’s forgetting how to go after the ball.

Allen messed up his knee or knees on that last run. He’s not close to 100%

Im perplexed by that play. The ball was perfectly thrown. How does he not see that ? coulda been a TD

I’m starting to think that not only was the bills loss to Jacksonville their worst loss ever. But I think it was the worst loss in NFL history. Inexplicable.

Well, when you drop a game you’re not supposed to lose, like Jax…the team has to win a game they’re not supposed to win to make up for it. Like Tampa. So here we go.

How about That grace period given by refs when play clock hit zero for Big Ben.

I think i was at the Bills last visit in Tampa. Can’t remember a more recent one? It was EJ Manuel against Mike Glennon and Glennon’s team won. Slightly better QB’s this time around.

I’ll buy the theory presented by the OP here. And maybe that’s why McDermott is acting out of character after this game. Maybe he sees it too and is trying to lead by example in his actions.

Finally we play a team where the game plan can call for 50 passes and it should be OK. The Bucs secondary has been really banged up all season. They struggle defending the pass. But they stuff the run so why even bother. Just unleash Allen in this one.

We’ve played 3 rookie QB’s and lost to 2 of them. That’s disgraceful for a team with SB aspirations. Yes the offense was a disappointment in games vs Trevor Lawrence and Mac Jones. But it’s a team game and we LOST. I don’t think i can get past losing to Trevor…and Mac never even had to throw. This season the lows are way worse than the good feeling after the highs.

The Eagles came here on a terrible weather day a couple years ago and Wentz had no issues and led them to an easy win. Let's face it. The poor weather games are bad for this version of the Bills, unless it's a cupcake team like Houston. The bad weather in Orchard Park is ruining our season.

It's a shame the D got burned for long TD runs in two MNF games this season. Both runs set the tone for what would turn into losses. But really, those two runs happened early enough in the Tenn and NE games and the D did a decent job against the RB's before and after those runs. But you can't just deduct the long TD's from their report card. It's inexcusable. I put the game last night more on the offense than the D. 4 trips to the red zone and 10 points? Two of those trips late, with the game on the line and zero points?!? stinks.

Pretty much every national sports show had a segment about this Sullivan/Poyer/Hyde exchange from last night. The conclusion is universal. Sullivan's question was poor. It's bush league to use trigger words... He could've used "Disappointed" or "Frustrated" and he would not have lost the guys within 2 seconds. He wanted to "win" the press conference and knew he'd trigger the players asking that.

To answer the OP question, Yes- I am concerned. Getting into the red zone against the wind twice late means nothing to me. I expected them to get into the red zone. Should have scored TD's or at least one. It was yet another failure in a close game (which we've become lousy at winning any of them). I blame the offense more for this loss.

These types of runs in the red zone seem to happen so often for Buffalo. It's maddening. Always puts us in 2nd and long or 3rd and long and just turns the Bills into a one-dimensional, easy team to stop.