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Marrone: "The energy was outstanding" (10:19)
Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone talks about the team's 10-3 win over the Bills, overcoming adversity and the way the fans brought the heat on a cold Sunday in January.

 

Bortles: "We get to play again" (8:11)
Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles talks about their 10-3 Wild Card win over the Bills, handling adversity and getting ready to play Pittsburgh in the Divisional round of the playoffs next Sunday.

 

Dareus: "It was an emotional game" (1:34)
Jaguars defensive tackle Marcell Dareus talks about the Jags 10-3 win over the Bills in the Wild Card game, his first playoff experience and getting ready for the Steelers next Sunday in Pittsburgh.

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CBS Sports: Nantz and Romo Recap Bills vs Jaguars (1:38)

 

 

WATCH: The Bills probably got hosed by another catch-rule incident in NFL playoffs

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Buffalo just can't catch a break when it comes to the catch rule this year

 

If the Buffalo Bills didn't have bad luck, they'd have no luck at all. Although luck has very little to do with the NFL's ruling on various catch opportunities, so maybe the Bills should just ignore luck and go yell at Al Riveron and the guys in the officiating office.

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I'm glad Shady is upset. The fans can be "satisfied" with the playoffs this year. There's no shame in that for us. But Shady burns for something much higher.  During the game I heard them quote his updated career goals... they included 12k and a ring - and he wants to do it in Buffalo. Freaking awesome.  I hope his teammates feel the same as he does. 

 

I didn't like Shady when he was in Philly, but he has quickly endeared himself to me. He's in my top 10 favorite all time Bills - maybe even top 5.

 

The expectations change next year,  and it should be a fun ride!

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The Buffalo Bills have been eliminated from the playoffs, but 7ABC's Joe Buscaglia and Matthew Fairburn of NYUpstate.com discuss why there should be reason for hope going into the offseason. Plus, an extended conversation on the Rick Dennison and Tyrod Taylor decisions, along with analysis of the game itself.

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LESEAN MCCOY: "BUFFALO FANS GOT THEM BEAT" (4:51)
RB LeSean McCoy talks to the media about the wild card matchup with Jacksonville, how well Bills' fans traveled to show their support for the team and more.

 

LORENZO ALEXANDER: "COME DOWN TO TURNOVERS" (2:49)
LB Lorenzo Alexander talks about his performance against Jacksonville.

 

TOP 3 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM BILLS-JAGUARS

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The Bills have a gamer in their feature back, the Bills 'D' won on third down and Lorenzo Alexander can still bring it.

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SEAN MCDERMOTT: "WE'VE COME A LONG WAY" (6:25)
The Bills head coach talks about the loss to the Jaguars, Tyrod Taylor's injury, and building for the future.

 

KYLE WILLIAMS: "GOOD SPOT MOVING FOWARD" (3:31)
Defensive Tackle Kyle Williams addressed the media inside the locker room after the 10-3 loss to the Jaguars topics include; playing in his first playoff game, the run defense, and the Bills fans that traveled down for the playoff game.

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5 hours ago, Boatdrinks said:

Pretty much sums it up. They had many ways to win this game, many potential game-changers went unmade. JAX looked like the most beatable home team in the playoffs today, Bills can only blame themselves. 

 

It might be worth remembering, among the tooth gnashing and hair pulling, that the Jags had the #2 D in the NFL this season on points.  #1 Pass D.

All season.  All teams.  They beat teams that walloped us.  

It is just possible that the quality of the D we faced, not solely the Bills themselves, had something to do with the outcome.  Yes, we had opportunities we failed to take advantage, as a previous poster summed up: play calls, dropped passes, open receivers.  We could have won, and that stings.

 

They also had the #1 rushing offense.  I was proud of our D.  They stifled Fournette.  But Romo had it right - the Bills were selling out to stop him.  That means they left holes, which Bortles managed to exploit occasionally enough to score 10 points.  We are missing some pieces at LB and on the DL.  We did a strong job without those pieces, but when Bortles broke free, that's part of what we saw.  Being without Milano and losing Hyde partway through the game didn't help us.

 

Some were predicting a blowout.  That didn't happen.  That isn't comforting, because of the missed opportunities, but we shouldn't take the hair pulling and tooth gnashing to the point where we forget we played a team that by a number of measures, was much stronger, and they barely squeaked one out.

 

 

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Did the Jags win on bad offense or good defense? (1:42)
Tim Hasselbeck says the Bills-Jaguars game was bad offense but that Bortles' rushing was the difference.

 

WATCH: BILLS SEASON ENDS IN DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE (3:12)
Buffalo turned the ball over twice, and couldn't capitalize in the red zone, as they fell to the Jaguars 10-3.

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BILLS TODAY: BILLS WILL HAVE BACK-TO-BACK FIRST-ROUND PICKS

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Here's the Bills news of note for Jan. 8th.

 

BILLS ACQUIRED VALUABLE ASSET UNDER MCDERMOTT

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The one quality of successful NFL teams that has proven elusive for much of Buffalo's 17-season playoff drought was effectively instilled in the 2017 Bills by head coach Sean McDermott.

 

 

 

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30 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Come back huh?  Guess we’ll have to go back then.

Great weekend...love to do it again next season. I think we should all plan a home game next year.

The opener brawwwhhh

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Twelve things we learned from Wild Card Weekend

 

Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 3

1. This white-knuckle affair resembled a brand of football your grandfather's grandfather watched on a 12-inch black-and-white boob tube in fire-lit parlors during ancient days of old.

 

A thing of beauty it was not -- not on offense, at least -- but the Jaguars are on their way to Pittsburgh after nabbing Sunday's physical throwdown. It marks Jacksonville's first playoff victory in 10 years, but knocking out the Steelers next Sunday will require this squad to double its efforts. The defense remains a glorious beast and deserves credit for keeping Buffalo's offense under water while patiently waiting for its own attack to awaken. Jaguars fans will quickly remind you that Pittsburgh stumbled badly against Jacksonville in a 30-9 battering in Week 5. Fair point. This defense is truly special and anything is possible in a week-to-week league, but the Steelers have evolved on offense while Jacksonville's attempt to the move the ball is a new adventure weekly.

 

2. The Bills made their mission clear: Shut down rookie workhorse runner Leonard Fournette and force Jaguarspasser Blake Bortles to make plays through the air. The strategy worked wonders out of the gate, with Bortles throwing for just 33 first-half yards while vastly struggling with accuracy. The bad moments were ghastly, with Bortles reverting to long streaks of ugly footwork, jittery tosses and a noticeable lack of confidence. Jacksonville was a raging, bubbling mess on offense before the break, but Bortles shook off his ugly handiwork to author a 15-play, 86-yard, third-quarter scoring march that milked nearly nine minutes off the clock before the signal-caller dialed up a daring fourth-and-goal, play-action touchdown strike to tight end Ben Koyack. Fournette served as an engine on that drive, piling up 48 yards off nine touches. Bortles, meanwhile, helped the offense with a team-leading and season-high 89 yards rushing. His ability to scramble for first downs remains his finest gift -- Bortles is truly fun to watch on that front -- but he wound up running for more yards than he threw. How long can the Jaguars survive with such a skittish performer under center?

 

3. Tyrod Taylor was nothing to write home about, either, throwing a costly first-half pick and overseeing an offense doubling as a punt machine. With four chances to tie the game in the second half, Taylor couldn't move the ball. The Bills quarterback dialed up too many off-target throws and wasn't helped by a handful of drops. Buffalo's lone score came off an 18-play, 71-yard march capped by Steven Hauschka's 31-yard field goal on a blustery afternoon in Northern Florida. The eight-plus-minute march was the longest given up time-wise all season by the Jaguars, magnifying a first half that saw Jacksonville hold the ball for just under nine minutes. Buffalo was helped on the drive by a rash of killer penalties by the Jaguars, including a costly unnecessary roughness flag on Yannick Ngakoue, the result of a helmet-to-helmet collision with Taylor. Wipe this series away and Jacksonville's defense played a nearly perfect game.

-- Marc Sessler

 

 

THE SCHEIN NINE
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From Alex Smith to Mike Mularkey, here are nine of the players and coaches whose careers were stamped by the events of the weekend -- for better or worse. Adam Schein breaks down his list here.

 
Here are nine guys whose respective reputations were irrevocably stamped by the events of this past weekend:

1) Alex Smith, quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs

I love Alex Smith. He can still play at a high level, as he did for the vast majority of this season. But now he holds the inglorious -- and unfortunate -- distinction of quarterbacking what might have been the worst home loss in Chiefs playoff history. Kansas City entered the second half on Saturday with a 21-3 lead and full control of the game. Two quarters later, the Chiefs walked off the field for the last time this season -- as 22-21 losers.
 

6) Tyrod Taylor, quarterback, Buffalo Bills

I like Tyrod Taylor more than most, but I can't defend that awful performance in the Bills' 10-3 loss at Jacksonville. I never thought there was much of a chance Taylor was coming back to Buffalo next season -- not after Sean McDermott inexplicably benched him for Nathan Peterman back in mid-November -- but the divorce seems like a foregone conclusion after the veteran QB's ghastly outing on Sunday. Completing just 17 of his 37 passes for a measly 134 yards and no touchdowns -- though he did have a pick -- Taylor punched his ticket outta town. Tyrod can still start in the NFL, just not for McDermott.
 
With five picks in first three rounds of April's draft (including Nos. 21 and 22 overall), Buffalo has the currency to go get a quarterback of the future.
 
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