Anyone still livid about the Denver loss?

[Steptide]

As heart breaking as 13 seconds was, and the last 2 years of losing to kc in the playoffs, when I think about that Denver game 3 weeks ago, I still feel rage inside. What an opportunity the bills blew this year. 3 weeks later I'm still pissed we lost this game. The coaching changes have been exciting, and hopefully they pay off, but man it should've been us in the superbowl tomorrow. In the Allen era, this is the longest I've been angry about a game after the fact. Enjoy the game tomorrow everyone 😅

[RobbRiddick]

I've taken a belt to my son every day since the game, and my son is 27 years old. 

[NastyNateSoldiers]

I'm steaming still we got flat out robbed! 

[StarlessAndBibleBills]

If the Pats take the Lombardi, yes. Or I'll just be numb.

[Another Fan]

I think it’s crazy just how much would have changed if that was ruled a catch.  Like a good chance Sean is still here among other things.  
 

I mean that single play changed the lives of many.  Way more than No Goal

 

i guess that’s sports for ya 

[Augie]

It’s pretty hard to fire McD after a Super Bowl appearance. Some people needed him to go or they faced the prospect of losing their minds. 

 

It is what it is now, I don’t see much point in looking backwards. 

[Brand J]

I look at it this way: I would’ve in no way feared the Seahawks, but McD’s defense would’ve found a way to let the team down again, thereby losing the SB. McD would not have been fired. He had a ceiling as a head coach and it was not “SB winner.” With the new coaching changes, if it brings us just one SB win in the next 5 seasons, it was worth the Denver loss.

[gonzo1105]

Nope, I can’t control it, I refuse to let it control my mindset beyond a couple hours after the fact. 

[Steptide]

1 minute ago, Another Fan said:

I think it’s crazy just how much would have changed if that was ruled a catch.  Like a good chance Sean is still here among other things.  
 

I mean that single play changed the lives of many.  Way more than No Goal

 

i guess that’s sports for ya 

Forget the catch, or non catch, the bills should've won that game by 10. In hindsight, the bills should've probably let McDermott go after we lost to kc in 23 or 24, but hindsight is always 20/20

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

1 minute ago, Another Fan said:

I think it’s crazy just how much would have changed if that was ruled a catch.  Like a good chance Sean is still here among other things.  

or we didnt fumble the ball 3 times or throw that terrible pick(the first one) or maybe we shouldnt have left a guy coming off the bench play 1 on 1 coverage, TWICE, that ended up being Broncos TD's, or if josh doesnt dirt the pass to shakir or he hits a wide open Knox for a TD.  shouldve never even gotten to OT, broncos didnt want to win that game but unfortunately neither did we

[US Egg]

Be less livid if people stop posting threads asking.

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

Some people needed him to go or they faced the prospect of losing their minds. 

 

I was never a McD hater but after that loss the feeling of destitution was very strong, maybe stronger than ever.  the thought of my god this just will never happen was overwhelming.  

[SCBills]

Torn because I do think we’d beat New England and with Josh Allen, I’d take my chances against Sam Darnold. 
 

But that Seattle team is so much better built and better coached than ours.  
 

If we were to lose, it probably buys McDermott, at least, two more prime Allen years. 
 

And at the time, I thought McDermott was an issue.. now, that feeling is 10x stronger.  
 

He had to go.. and we’d likely need an Allen vs the Rams level performance to win the Super Bowl.   Otherwise we lose, and likely waste the rest of Allen’s prime never being able to win it all. 

[RobbRiddick]

I do think Seattle would have given us a beating in front of the whole world so I keep thinking about that to make myself feel better.

 

If they humiliate NE I'll be very, very happy

[dayman]

Got to move on. If it lasts more than a week rethink your life. 3 days is healthy

Edited February 7 by dayman

[T.E.]

18 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

I've taken a belt to my son every day since the game, and my son is 27 years old. 

Born in 1999...drought started after the 1999 season...not a coincidence!

[blacklabel]

I think I was more sad than anything. The game ended, I turned off the screen and just kinda stood there. My wife goes, "Oh no..." I said, "Yep. Again. I don't even know what to think."

 

I don't know how many times you can be "right there" and not break thru. And I'm still not sure how we all keep enduring these insanely crazy ways to lose. We got wide right, no goal, music city, the drought, 13 seconds, Diggs dropped it/Bass misses, Kincaid drops it, and now the most recent incident which I like to call... "Brandin Cooks caught that frickin' ball."

 

Overall tho it was the second championship game loss to KC where I was the most mad. Down 3, 3 minutes to go, chance to go win it. I truly believed. I was like, here we go, they are absolutely gonna march right down the field and score, this is their time, they are done losing to these red rat bastids and they are gonna....did he drop that? No....no no no no no he has it, c'mon please....okay, he dropped it ...I'm gonna go cry now. 

 

I was kickin' rocks for a week after that one. 

Edited February 7 by blacklabel

[dgrochester55]

Last year I was livid, this year I was more like a little angry, but mostly emotionally numb. When 13 seconds and the other losses from 2019 to 2023 happened, those all felt like things that the team either needed to improve or them blowing an opportunity.  That is just football and part of being a fan.

 

These last two years felt different as if we had the game and it was deliberately yanked from us by the officials.  I am convinced that in both of those games that had Buffalo overcome those incidents, that the officials would have kept using penalties to steer the game until the same outcome occurred. That is not something that a fan should have to endure.

 

The officials in the game are currently at best, inadequate and inconsistent because of a setup that needs a serious overhaul and at worst, corrupt.  It not a matter of whether I think Josh Allen and the Bills are capable of winning the superbowl, it is a matter of whether I think that the league will let them. I will always love the Bills and do not think that I could ever completely remove myself from watching football, but it is getting harder every year to enjoy it.

 

 

Edited February 7 by dgrochester55

[Virgil]

Livid?  No.  

 

The things that still annoy me:

-Brady replacing McD.  I'm okay with McD being fired and probably should have been after 13 seconds.  But I do not like how the search was handled or the selection

-The narrative that Josh lost us the game and all the heat he is taking.  Prior to this game, he was viewed as Playoff gold.  Now all the Bills failures are on him.  It's insane.

-Beane getting promoted after widely being considered the reason the roster was crap

-Brady being promoted after many wanting him fired throughout the season.  Now saying all the things he WILL do, such as help Coleman.  I'm sorry, I just don't buy it.  We need someone who can make Josh's life easier out there, and that was not what Brady showed at all this year.  The sacks, lack of easy plays for Josh.  Poor scripted drives.

-That we are possibly going to re-tool the defense to fit a new scheme.  Again, all for a different scheme, but don't have time for a potential full rebuild.  Josh has 2-3 years of prime dual threat ability left.  Don't want to waste that more than we already have.

 

However, there's also no guarantee we would have beaten the Pats in NE.  Should we have?  Yes.  But we also should have beaten the Broncos.  The Bills still feel like a cursed team and play like they believe it too.

[strive_for_five_guy]

23 minutes ago, Steptide said:

As heart breaking as 13 seconds was, and the last 2 years of losing to kc in the playoffs, when I think about that Denver game 3 weeks ago, I still feel rage inside. What an opportunity the bills blew this year. 3 weeks later I'm still pissed we lost this game. The coaching changes have been exciting, and hopefully they pay off, but man it should've been us in the superbowl tomorrow. In the Allen era, this is the longest I've been angry about a game after the fact. Enjoy the game tomorrow everyone 😅

There are four steps to Anger Management:  Admit It, Express It, Explore It and Drop It.

 

It’s good, you seem to be right around the exploration stage.  Hopefully you can drop it at some point.