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There is some truth to this. Yesterday, the Bengals ran a flea flicker out of a heavy package for a long TD. It was a really nice play where everything looked like a run with only a single TE running a route. He was a wide open for the TD. Great play. But they used it in week 14 against the Browns and now it is on film for all teams to study.

So many playoffs games are like yesterdays game. The two that the Bills played in last year were exceptions to that rule, but look at the Bengals run to the Superbowl. They gutted out a win against the Raiders at home where Carr had a chance to tie the game with 1st and goal from the 3. Came from behind against the Titans where it took a defensive play to win the game with a last second FG. It was the defense that won that game more than Burrow and Chase. This game was 19-16. Got destroyed in the first half against the Chiefs, made a defensive HT adjustment, and still needed OT to win with a FG. Again, it was the defense that won that game more than Burrow and Chase. In the SB, the Rams won by 3 and needed a last minute defensive stop to win it. Every single one of those games was won by one score. Not a blowout in sight. The same thing with the Rams SB run, with the exception of the blowout of the Cards in the first round. My point is that close-fought games decided by a defensive play is playoff football more than double-digit blowouts. And to answer your question, neither the Rams nor the Bengals could run the ball in any of those games and everyone knows that the Bengals did about as bad a job protecting Burrow as an NFL team could possibly do.

I think White will have a career like Fitz or Tyrod. Fringe starter with some clear deficiencies that will keep him from being a franchise guy but good enough to bounce around the league as a stop-gap for teams without clear starters.

Sometimes I actually like to watch other teams with the same intensity as I watch the Bills. You know what? All teams have drops. All teams miss tackles. All OCs call plays they don’t work.

That’s just how it seemed to you. The Jets board wants to cut Braxton Berrios for dropping a TD pass. “ball hit the guy in the f-ing face.”

Division games are like that.

You know what else is good? 10-3.

And yet they lost. Which team would you rather be a fan of right now?

I used to think this place was unbearable after losses. Now Bills Mafia is miserable after wins. Enjoy the wins!!

This is my weekly reminder to myself that watching these games is supposed to be entertaining.

"The best the Lions could muster was a 21-all tie, but in this case instead of kissing their sister they kissed the playoffs goodbye."

9-3

It’s the Patriot Way

I have always wondered why defensive holding is 5 yards and offensive holding is 10 yards.

At this point in the season last year the Bills were heading to TB after losing to the Pats in the wind game. Just making the playoffs was in question and the division seemed lost. The Bills are in much better shape at this point in 2022.

That explains it. I watched last nights game with the sound off so if they talked about I missed it.

How in the heck can a guy run an offense after only being in the building for three days? How could he know the terminology of the plays in his wristband?

You bumped a 2-month old thread to make this point?

We all care very deeply about something over which we have zero control. Also, while we all know that we couldn’t play at an NFL level, game day coaching is something that a lot fans think that they could do.

Since the Bills like to hire from within, which defensive assistant is in line to get the job?

I'm sure they will all play on Sunday.

And you see where a dominant defense with no QB gets you? On the golf course in January.

After the Bengals get Joe Mixon back from concussion protocol this week, they will be 100% healthy.

He didn't actually say that, but it's a known fact that Mike Brown is the poorest owner in the NFL now that Mark Davis has that Vegas money.

Met Life is already replacing their field this offseason. Perhaps you could get Detroit to replace theirs. But Mike Brown cannot afford an extra Diet Coke at lunch, nevertheless a whole new field. The Bengals already took out a grass field because they couldn't afford to maintain it.