12/7/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Bengals 1:00 pm Post Game Thread

[Warriorspikes51]

Is there an update on Benford? Supposedly went in for xray after game?

[vincec]

1 minute ago, Jukester said:

Great win today.
 

Was a little surprised by both Allen and McD’s backhanded shots at the fans right off the bat in their pressers. 

Josh: “cool to see our fans stay in the 4th quarter”

McD: “fans were awesome, staying with us through 4 quarters”

 

Obviously a reference to the week 1 night game when people left early but a little curious they went out of their way to comment on it in week 14. makes me think they’re a little miffed at the fans for discontent over recent losses. IMO a bit overlysensitive but if that gets them more motivated to get wins, so be it. 

They should try playing / coaching in Philly.

[PoundingDog]

4 minutes ago, Heathcliff said:

Something to note: Benford outran Chase to the end zone

I thought Chase may catch up to him. But the TV angle is bad. I think Benford had at least 15 yard head start on Chase - actually Chase slowed down when he saw Burrow tried to tackle benford, then accelerated afterwards when he realized Bendofrd broke the tackle.

[BRH]

You know, I didn’t hear the morons after the game talk about how Burrow gave the game away with two consecutive picks late.

 

Can you imagine if that had been Josh?

[wjag]

6 minutes ago, Heathcliff said:

Something to note: Benford outran Chase to the end zone

My take was Chase eased up.  

[Simon]

8 minutes ago, FLFan said:

Yes, but he did make the play and the Bills called the blitz there so let’s focus on the positive shall we? 

 

I'm honestly having a hard time being positive after that game, so I'm mostly keeping my mouth shut.

 

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Amaru523 said:

Wow, do you guys realize we just beat the "scariest" team in the history of sports. Holy smokes! What a win. 

Cincy offense might be top offense in the NFL.  That was their top lineup 

[MikePJ76]

Just now, BRH said:

You know, I didn’t hear the morons after the game talk about how Burrow gave the game away with two consecutive picks late.

 

Can you imagine if that had been Josh?

howie long and the fox postgame who had burrow out to be the greatest qb in history in the pregame just forgot to point out those plays in the postgame....it would have been all we hear about for 7 days if it was allen coupled with allen cant beat joe burrow.

 

 

[Simon]

2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Is there an update on Benford? Supposedly went in for xray after game?

 

He was not on the field for the Epenesa INT on 1st down.

Tre and Hairston were on the corners.

[pennstate10]

27 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

I said this in the game thread. It’s clear that the independent neurologists are just a Stan. Higgins, not once, but twice, smashed his head off the turf in cold weather and I mean smashed it hard, pointed to his head both times and got cleared to return to the game. 
 

I mean are we serious here? Of course I don’t want Higgins in the game cause he’s a great player but he shouldn’t have been allowed to return for his own health but the Bengals of course were in a must win situation on the road against a good football team so the club trotted him out there. 
 

To me it is absolutely gross to be honest and this is coming from a guy who has been around football his whole life playing and coaching since I was 8. My son, who is 4, will not be allowed to play football until he at minimum gone through puberty if not later 

Agreed. No reason for organized football before kids are 13. Too many coaches trying to live their dream without proper training. 

[UKBillFan]

Just now, Simon said:

 

I'm honestly having a hard time being positive after that game, so I'm mostly keeping my mouth shut.

 

 

If we somehow win the whole thing it's going to be down to the offense. I have no faith in the defense. So I prefer winning shootouts than low scoring games for that reason. We all know our defense is not really good enough - even at full strength.

[WideNine]

1 hour ago, WideNine said:

I think it was a great job by this coaching staff trying to generate pressure and turnovers and keep the Bengals running back in check (2nd half adjustments).

Tough conditions to air it out unless you have a Higgins who can one-hand catches in the snow or a Chase - those are two very talented receivers. Our best option that Allen trusts the most in these conditions is likely Kincaid and he was not at 100 %. So we had to lean on the running game and the Bengals were pretty intent on stopping that.

They have Burrow who has great touch and anticipation with receiving targets he has worked with for many years and we have Allen, who can make you pay with his legs for using man coverage and sending extra guys on the rush... great match-up.

Plenty to unpack with this game, but no one is going to say the Bengals coaching staff sucks although they lost.

 

[Bob in STL]

5 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Still think that dpi on taron was nonsense…looked like the receiver pulled him down to prevent an INT…I can’t fathom how cincy wasn’t called once for offensive holding but can’t say I saw any super obvious ones from the broadcast angle so you never know 

I watched it in a very loud Bills Backer Sports Bar.

 

It was confusing to say the least.  I had to text friends to decipher why the Coo's run, which was called a TD on the field but wasn't, was called back and ended up 1st and 16 - apparently we had a penalty but no flag was indicated.  Next, We thought Knox had a TD catch, it was called a TD on the field, and then was taken off the board. 

 

Then there were penalties on the Bills with no replays.

 

We delayed playing the Shout! song because we started to expect any big play to be erased.   Part of being a Bills fan I guess.  

[FLFan]

Just now, Simon said:

 

I'm honestly having a hard time being positive after that game, so I'm mostly keeping my mouth shut.

 

I appreciate that, but I feel differently.  I thought it was an impressive win. There were lots of things in that game to be very encouraged by. It was always going to be a tough game.  

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

7 minutes ago, vincec said:

KC

Any playoff predictor I’ve played with has resulted in the kc-Houston game doing pretty much nothing to our odds if we win 10+ games 

 

the big one seems to be eagles-chargers in all these calculator things 

[vincec]

2 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

He was not on the field for the Epenesa INT on 1st down.

Tre and Hairston were on the corners.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[wjag]

Well at least two narratives died today

 

1 Josh can’t be Burrows

 

2 Bills can’t beat a Burrows-Chase led Bengals. 

[Amaru523]

2 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

howie long and the fox postgame who had burrow out to be the greatest qb in history in the pregame just forgot to point out those plays in the postgame....it would have been all we hear about for 7 days if it was allen coupled with allen cant beat joe burrow.

 

 

The way they were talking about Burrow at halftime made me nauseous. "You should see Joe Burrow walk on water" 🙄🤮

[Walking Tall]

1 hour ago, Amaru523 said:

Wow, do you guys realize we just beat the "scariest" team in the history of sports. Holy smokes! What a win. 

The funny thing is, Burrow was 8-0 in his last 8 starts before today. So you may not be wrong even though you were being sarcastic.

[CSBill]

12 minutes ago, Heathcliff said:

Something to note: Benford outran Chase to the end zone

 

I saw that and wonder why they didn't say anything on the broadcast.