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

[Nitro]

Bills broke a team record for futility.   They lost the last 25 games when they give up 21 first half points.  Today they broke that awful streak. 

[TheFunPolice]

Allen has the clutch gene that most don't have.

 

There is literally nobody I would rather have down 4 needing a drive to win. 

[QLBillsFan]

33 minutes ago, stlbills13 said:

Pros:

Josh

Tight ends

Benford

2nd half coaching

 

Cons:

Cook's fumbles 

Van Demark

Tre White

1st half coaching

All true Vandy better at LT than RT.. SB RT and Vandy RT next year … blasphemous I know 😂 

20 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I said this in the pre-game week thread. I know Gisecki would kill us.

 

This guy saves his best game against the Bills every year. I mean, one handed catches in the snow? 

HOF vs Bills and every catch he carries on in D… fashion 

[Shaw66]

4 hours ago, dakarider17 said:

Hey Patrick Mahomes,  hey Lamar Jackson,  hey Joe Burrow!  Who's your daddy?   huh, WHO'S YOUR DADDY!

Wow. Great comment. 3-0 vs. three truly outstanding QB. 

 

Of course, the Bills have the fourth outstanding QB. 

[SoCal Deek]

36 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

Some wise sage at our gathering was still yelling "get your hands up" about the play before where Burrow similarly dumped a ball off right over Rousseau who didn't get the hands up to try to bat it/catch it

I have absolutely no idea what Rousseau is doing out there. 

[vincec]

2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

I have absolutely no idea what Rousseau is doing out there. 

I keep reading that he’s “elite” but he makes a play in each blue moon.

[Shaw66]

1 hour ago, slaphappy said:

? No he isn't. His accuracy is bananas. 

Oh, you are absolutely right. Burrow is a superb thrower. 

 

The Bills DBs had really good coverage on a lot of completions this afternoon, but throw after throw hit the receivers in the hands, in stride, shoulder height.  It was an incredible display of throwing. 

 

The Bills defense is known by everyone as a bend don't break style. The Bills challenge teams to put together long drives without making mistakes. Well, Burrow does not make mistakes. He always knows where the ball should go, and he always makes the throw.  He doesn't always make the special plays the Mahomes, Jackson and Allen make, but when he has an opportunity to make a throw, he makes it. And he has Gisecki, Chase, and Higgins who can get an edge and catch the ball with their hands. 

 

Bills are fortunate when they beat the Bengals. 

[DapperCam]

2 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

The dolphins are sneakily not horrible so you never know…I don’t think they’re good but they’re well within the ‘any given Sunday’ range and McDaniel is coaching for his job 

 

Dolphins probably should’ve beat the pats last time they lost by achane having a toe out of bounds 

Dolphins are 5-1 in their last 6 and have the Steelers, Bengals and Bucs (who just lost to the Saints) coming up. It isn't impossible that the Dolphins are 9-6 the final week going into Foxboro and playing for a chance at the last Wild Card spot depending on the outcomes of other games.

[Nihilarian]

1 hour ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Elite QB with some elite weapons, a mediocre to laughable HC, no real front office and a cheap organization that lets guys go rather than pay them except for QB and a couple WR.

 

This their defense is practice squad quality and they have zero depth anywhere. 

 

IF they make the playoffs next year it will be almost 4 calendar years between playoff games. With that QB and those weapons. 

Hey man, he is not elite as he failed to tackle Benford after that interception...the BUM!

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

[Blank Stare]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

It is when you prioritize talent at the WR position. 

[Dan]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

I was thinking the same thing multiple times!   No one on the Bills O makes catches like that… ever.    Such a luxury some QBs have.

[zow2]

The Bills Defense was on roller skates today. Just could not cover these dudes. But two monster takeaways saved the day. 

 

Im really hoping the good mojo from this stadium transfers over to the new Highmark. I don’t think it’s automatic that it will. 

[Nihilarian]

4 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

That and Higgins playing with a concussion.

[vincec]

2 minutes ago, Blank Stare said:

It is when you prioritize talent at the WR position. 

What sucks is that despite investing on the DL instead, the defense is only marginally better than Cincinnati’s. Luckily for Beane and McDermott, they have a big eraser in Josh Allen.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, Nihilarian said:

That and Higgins playing with a concussion.

Higgins literally playing out of his mind.

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

Living in Cincinnati, I watch the Bengals a lot. They do this all the time. The offense scores points, seemingly at will. Guys make unbelievable plays. Highlight reel stuff. But then they lose in ways that just crush their fans. Today was pretty typical of the way they have played all season, with both Burrow and Flacco. In fact, the most remarkable thing about the game today was the fact that the Bills somehow kept Ja'Marr Chase in check. 

[Shaw66]

1 hour ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

A bit. A few people thought he let up early.

 

Some people thought that it wasn't possible for him to catch up and that he realized that and let up.

 

A few people were sure he was gonna catch Benford.

 

I was in the middle group. Benford glanced over his shoulder and saw Chase and started changing his angle and I'm pretty sure that's when Chase knew it was over.

 

I was there, and I agree. It looked to me like Chase was gaining on Benford slowly and I worried that he had another gear, but as soon as Benford headed off to his right, I could see that Benford would make it to the end zone. 

 

I haven't read the entire thread, so I don't know if others have commented on Benford generally. I thought he was fabulous. He was matched up with Chase more or less all the time, and Chase didn't do much at all. Five catches for 44 yards, and one run for 8. I didn't notice that the Bills were doubling him much.

 

The last time we saw the Bills do that with a defensive back was Tre White in his prime, and even then the Bills generally were mixing it up. This was the Bills deciding, correctly, that Benford could turn it into a 10-on-10 game, and he did. That's pretty impressive. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

9 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Watching this game today, I just don’t understand how the bengals pass-catchers catch like that. We saw multiple high-point contested catches, multiple 1-handed catches, multiple toe tap catches, diving catches. Higgins, Gisesecki, Chase, Brown. All in the snow. Higgins even caught the ones that were thrown out of bounds.

 

is this normal? 

 

 

They had a nearly perfect game outside of that Higgins drop it was pretty wild 

 

just watched the Texans passcatchers blow more catches the last 2 mins than the bengals did all game lol 

Edited 11 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, Low Positive said:

Living in Cincinnati, I watch the Bengals a lot. They do this all the time. The offense scores points, seemingly at will. Guys make unbelievable plays. Highlight reel stuff. But then they lose in ways that just crush their fans. Today was pretty typical of the way they have played all season, with both Burrow and Flacco. In fact, the most remarkable thing about the game today was the fact that the Bills somehow kept Ja'Marr Chase in check. 

Thanks! This is a helpful sanity check. I’ve just never seen anything like this, from so many players in such tough conditions. Both Higgins TDs and the Brown TD were obscene.