We closed the gap in part because our quarterback put together back-to-back A-games in the playoffs, unlike some QBs who put up gaudy stats and fold in the postseason (paging Dak Prescott). I am happy that he is 25 and in the first year of a new contract.
These are the Bills we're talking about. Plus every other game ended on the last play of regulation... there was every reason to believe they could pull off a miracle since we had just pulled off basically 2 miracle drives ourselves.
Yes, it is hard to take. We also had the game won in Tennessee before blowing it on the kickoff.
When we scored with 13s remaining and Romo was raving about the Bills, I kept saying "it's not over, it's not over!" ... unfortunately that was true.
I have had a lot of respect for the effort Beasley gives, but in the end he is tackled a yard short of the 1st down almost every time. A faster player would get there more often, if we can find one who can catch. I think he needs to move on from Buffalo.
Our DL looks like it can use some help probably at DE.
Let's hope we hire the right coordinators; I am concerned Frazier will lose out on the HC jobs (Daboll will get one) which means we don't get the 2 3rd round picks.
People saying this was the "worst" loss are suffering from recency bias. It's behind Wide Right in Super Bowl 25) and the illegal forward lateral in Tennessee. It's a little bit worse than the 1989 Ronnie Harmon dropped pass in the endzone or the other Super Bowls (in which the Bills were clearly beaten). It's definitely worse than last year's AFC championship game loss. Other playoff or regular season games need not apply.
I saw the QBs on the same level, and Hill is amazing yet Davis matched him, but Kelce > Knox and the Chiefs defense made a few key stops early in the game to keep them in it.
This is the stat I didn't know I needed.
Failed drives (Punts+Turnovers+Turnover on Downs) by winning playoff teams:
TB 9
KC 6
SF 5
CIN 2
BUF 0
LA 4 and counting.