PayDaBill$ Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) Losing a division game to a contender is never good, don’t put lipstick on a pig. This was a painful loss in more than one respect! Edited September 25, 2022 by PayDaBill$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said: Because I want to see them win a close game … Why? We only lose close games because otherwise we wouldn't lose at all (except that one Colts game we don't need to talk about). Do you think with a healthy secondary and Gabe and Stef playing at 100% this would have been close? I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoudyBills Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, MPT said: Why? We only lose close games because otherwise we wouldn't lose at all (except that one Colts game we don't need to talk about). Do you think with a healthy secondary and Gabe and Stef playing at 100% this would have been close? I don't. What's wrong with Diggs? The defense being down today doesn't matter, they gave up 21. They did their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, CoudyBills said: What's wrong with Diggs? The defense being down today doesn't matter, they gave up 21. They did their job. He missed a lot of plays due to cramps. And yes I was impressed by the defense today except that one 3rd & 22 play where they dialed up the 13 seconds defense. Edited September 25, 2022 by MPT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, MPT said: Why? We only lose close games because otherwise we wouldn't lose at all (except that one Colts game we don't need to talk about). Do you think with a healthy secondary and Gabe and Stef playing at 100% this would have been close? I don't. Because they havent done if for a while.. And this could get to be an issue.. if it hasnt already become one.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 This is the first NE loss last year. Took 35 injuries and 100 degree heat to do it today, congrats Miami, we will see you again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said: This is the first NE loss last year. Took 35 injuries and 100 degree heat to do it today, congrats Miami, we will see you again. Yup. Miami will get the same treatment that NE got in our next matchup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoudyBills Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, MPT said: He missed a lot of plays due to cramps. And yes I was impressed by the defense today except that one 3rd & 22 play where they dialed up the 13 seconds defense. Agreed. I put that firmly on Frasier or McDermott, whoever dialed that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, MPT said: Yup. Miami will get the same treatment that NE got in our next matchup. Just found out it was over 110 on the field. Their game-plan of keeping Hill and Waddle on the sideline betrayed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordong Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, streetkings01 said: Our whole secondary was out and we held Miami to 186 passing yards……Hill was invisible! Games like are needed……valuable reps to guys we’re gonna need deep in the season. No Bills bias, but no way you come outta that game thinking Miami is the better team……no freaking way! not even close... everything that happened HAD to happen for the fish to win that game.... that will never happen again in 50 years. I hate loosing to the fish but this doesn't even really bother me. we win in buffalo by 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzgobowlin Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, TheyCallMeAndy said: Just found out it was over 110 on the field. Their game-plan of keeping Hill and Waddle on the sideline betrayed them. I'm pretty sure Ian off the coast caused it to be overly hot sucking out all the moisture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 In effect it is a meaningess game because the fins schedule faces us again, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Green Bay. Next week is a must win. Baltimore has a soft ass schedule and could win every game as soft as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob806 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, ToGoGo said: Also we have a brutal 4 game stretch coming up. Wish we could've pulled this one out. More like an 8 game stretch I think. Nothing's a given in the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Just now, gordong said: not even close... everything that happened HAD to happen for the fish to win that game.... that will never happen again in 50 years. I hate loosing to the fish but this doesn't even really bother me. we win in buffalo by 30. Pretty much where I landed...the Bills clearly we're better, made dumb mistakes, center exchanges hurt badly, injuries and heat related issues to an almost unreal level, dumb play calling on the drive we fumbled... Basically anything that could go wrong did for us and we still almost pulled it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob2232 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 You are never as good as you think you are when you win. You are never as bad as you think you are when you lose. Re-group. This team is good. They just need to keep themselves pointed straight through some serious adversity right now. Injuries are killing us (and mentally as much as anything). I'm not worried. Tough loss...but were never going to go 17-0. hopefully we can get healthy and stay healthy down the stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, MPT said: Let's settle down and dispense with the overreactions. Can't win close games, Dorsey is worse than Daboll, McDermott doesn't know when to challenge, Beane doesn't address the offense. Give me a break. We played a game with half our starters against a good team with a historically bad officiating crew on their side in brutal conditions. And this game STILL wasn't even close in terms of quality of play. Give me this matchup in the playoffs PLEASE. Easy win and on to the next one. I agree for the most part with your post but the title needs tweaked hard. This team should be playing for the #1 AFC seed this year. There is no such thing as a meaningless loss especially when it's a Division game. We have such a rough schedule ahead of us. I hope this isn't the game we look back at like last year Titans game that costs us the #1 seed. We honestly should of won today even with all the injuries and heat. We flat out didn't execute when it mattered most on Offense. I actually give the D lots of love for doing a pretty damn good job overall today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JY422 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, MPT said: Let's settle down and dispense with the overreactions. Can't win close games, Dorsey is worse than Daboll, McDermott doesn't know when to challenge, Beane doesn't address the offense. Give me a break. We played a game with half our starters against a good team with a historically bad officiating crew on their side in brutal conditions. And this game STILL wasn't even close in terms of quality of play. Give me this matchup in the playoffs PLEASE. Easy win and on to the next one. Excellent take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, ToGoGo said: No, it sucks. But I agree it's an aberration. We won't be this unlucky again this year. We'll make up for it. It's not an aberration to lose every close game we played last year and we are continuing the trend with today's choke. It will be an aberration to win a close game. This is an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToGoGo Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Green Lightning said: It's not an aberration to lose every close game we played last year and we are continuing the trend with today's choke. It will be an aberration to win a close game. This is an issue. I think you need to calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Just now, ToGoGo said: I think you need to calm down. Easy, let them pull out a tight game and all is well. It's been awhile. Top teams finish when the game is tight on the line. We haven't developed that habit I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 You have 2nd and goal from the 1, you have the best player in the nfl at QB and you go shotgun for absolutely no reason. You don’t score and you lose. You never win close games, you couldn’t get a spike at the end of the half or at the end of the game. You missed a 35 Td FG, you gave up a 3rd and 22. 13 seconds, the Texans playoff game, the cardinals Hail marry, the Titans slip on 4th down, etc etc. This is the dumb ***** you do that causes you to never close this thing out at the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetkings01 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: You have 2nd and goal from the 1, you have the best player in the nfl at QB and you go shotgun for absolutely no reason. You don’t score and you lose. You never win close games, you couldn’t get a spike at the end of the half or at the end of the game. You missed a 35 Td FG, you gave up a 3rd and 22. 13 seconds, the Texans playoff game, the cardinals Hail marry, the Titans slip on 4th down, etc etc. This is the dumb ***** you do that causes you to never close this thing out at the end of the year. Calm down ……. 2-1 with 14 games to go. Last 9 games of our schedule is super soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, streetkings01 said: Calm down ……. 2-1 with 14 games to go. Last 9 games of our schedule is super soft. How can you have confidence in this team when they lose every close game? That’s what the playoffs are going to be Edited September 25, 2022 by Brianmoorman4jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) There may be a lot of overreactions but calling it meaningless is just stupid imo. 27 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: You have 2nd and goal from the 1, you have the best player in the nfl at QB and you go shotgun for absolutely no reason. You don’t score and you lose. You never win close games, you couldn’t get a spike at the end of the half or at the end of the game. You missed a 35 Td FG, you gave up a 3rd and 22. 13 seconds, the Texans playoff game, the cardinals Hail marry, the Titans slip on 4th down, etc etc. This is the dumb ***** you do that causes you to never close this thing out at the end of the year. You have to do a lot wrong to lose a game you control t of poss 40 to 20 and outgain them 490 to 215. I still can't understand what the ***** happened at the end of the first half. That was so extremely stupid that it hurt my brain.🦧🤦♂️ Edited September 25, 2022 by Turk71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetkings01 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: How can you have confidence in this team when they lose every close game? That’s what the playoffs are going to be Because I’m a realist unlike fans like you with knee jerk reactions. I understand the game……this team was injury riddled and lost by 2 points. R-E-L-A-X! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 34 minutes ago, streetkings01 said: Because I’m a realist unlike fans like you with knee jerk reactions. I understand the game……this team was injury riddled and lost by 2 points. R-E-L-A-X! These losses count. Games you have won that you blow end up costing you home field in the playoffs and end up ending your season. If you aren’t concerned about a team losing 7 straight 1 score games…maybe you need a little less relax in your life and a little more reality 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandalay Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 If we want top seed we can only lose 2-3 games. Every loss is meaningful. This isn't a drought team trying to get a wild card berth. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I'm pretty sure we've beaten the fish the last straight 7 times.....it was only a matter of time before mathematically speaking, they would actually pull one out and win one against us. Does the loss hurt?.....of course, but there's still plenty of ball ahead of this team. Today was the epitome of the Bills beating themselves.....the better team did Not win today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 No losses are meaningless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Every loss means something what I think that it doesn’t do is it doesn’t give you a correct barometer on how good Miami actually is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonehawaii Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, MPT said: What does it mean? Besides a "1" in the loss column? You can't come away from that game thinking the Dolphins are a better team. They're miles behind. They got lucky breaks in their house. A house they can't even fill with their own fans. To me this is like the loss to New England in that blizzard. unfortunately the game conditions didn’t work out and more injuries than I’ve ever seen a team have. unlikely to be close at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Maybe some of the "sky is falling" reactions are a little mellow dramatic but this certainly wasn't a meaningless loss. We were behind KC by 1 game last year which means if we win any one of our close losses during the regular season, KC would have had to come to Buffalo in the divisional playoff game and I firmly believe we win that game in Buffalo. You could very easily make the argument that any one of last year's losses cost the Bills possibly winning the SB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par73 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 This team does not win any games by less than a TD. No late comebacks-- close, but always come up short. That is a big concern to me, until Allen and the coaches prove otherwise. Injuries, of course, are brutal, and make it very difficult--- with Baltimore on the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern_Bills Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 It's not meaningless, but it doesn't take the opportunity for the teams goals away so I get what your saying. Kinda like the Titans game last year, didn't seem like a big deal until it came time for playoff seeding. So no loss can ever be seen as meaningless in the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyo321 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) Sucks to lose to this team, we were seriously banged up injury wise today. The heat also took its toll on our team today. But the one thing Buffalo needs to start doing it taking the points when you have the chance to get them. To go for a trick play on the last play of the 1st half, is a stupid WTF were you thinking call vs getting three points there. You don't leave points on the table when you have a chance to get them on any NFL team. Just stupid play calling and it cost them today. I hope this is a aberration, but you can't be so cocky that you are leaving points on the table, you take the points whenever you can. Edited September 26, 2022 by Toyo321 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 A division loss is never meaningless but I dont think people should be down on the team because of it. We fielded a preseason roster out there and faced incredible heat and humidity. Full strength Miami would have gotten destroyed. I am not worried about our season as long as we start getting healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, Toyo321 said: Sucks to lose to this team, we were seriously banged up injury wise today. The heat also took its toll on our team today. But the one thing Buffalo needs to start doing it taking the points when you have the chance to get them. To go for a trick play on the last play of the 1st half, is a stupid WTF were you thinking call vs getting three points there. You don't leave points on the table when you have a chance to get them on any NFL team. Just stupid play calling and it cost them today. I hope this is a aberration, but you can't be so cocky that you are leaving points on the table, you take the points whenever you can. It wasn't a trick play. Allen bobbled the snap on an attempted spike because we were missing our starting center and then he tried to make something out of it. Just another consequence of missing key players. There are myriad examples like this throughout the game. A hundred little things that all went Miami's way and eventually added up to enough for an inferior team to beat us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 This game was a LOT of things. Meaningless is not in the top 20 descriptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 They better start figuring out how to win these close games cause theres no gimmees in the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyo321 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, MPT said: It wasn't a trick play. Allen bobbled the snap on an attempted spike because we were missing our starting center and then he tried to make something out of it. Just another consequence of missing key players. There are myriad examples like this throughout the game. A hundred little things that all went Miami's way and eventually added up to enough for an inferior team to beat us. He had time to just throw it into the ground or out of bounds. Still bad decision by Josh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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