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What did he say? (I ask because I've only ever heard Humphrey say he hates playing Allen and otherwise generally praise him.)

I don't where else to post this, but it's part of the "National narrative" following Bills-Ravens so this is as good a place as any:

Thank you @dollars 2 donuts, what a beautiful tribute. I grew up on Sheldon Road during the Kelly era. For a decade, the Bills were my neighbors: the Stadium was visible from my childhood bedroom and we could hear the roar of the crowd seconds before a great play appeared on the TV. I recently visited Western NY for the holidays and in addition to visiting some other haunts from my past, I drove down Abbott Road to see the new Stadium in person for the first time. 40+ years of memories flooded me and I began to well up. My Dad used to send me up to the ticket office to buy tickets on gameday mornings. My first time in the stadium was for a preseason game in 1985, my Dad and I and a friend. I remember how proud I was to take him to a Bills game (it was the 2002 home finale against the Bengals where fans "recruited" Takeo Spikes). I was there when the 12th Man was added to the Stadium Wall. The 1993 AFC Championship against KC when Thurman Thomas ran for 186 yards and 3 TDs. I saw Marshawn Lynch's debut (and Kevin Everett's unfortunate accident), in a game the Bills never trailed but lost on a FG to Denver as the clock expired. So many great QBs, all in my backyard: Joe Montana, Warren Moon, Brett Favre, John Elway and later Steve McNair, Phillip Rivers, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger. What you suggest feels like destiny. I can imagine no greater way for Rich Stadium to go out than to raise that Championship flag in the shadow of my childhood home. Where else would you rather be?

The Bills played a very efficient & opportunistic Chiefs style game, although more conservative than I'd like to see. If the Ravens and Bills performances from yesterday were swapped: Lamar would be praised for playing tough, error free football, taking what the defense gave him and overcoming his demons against a very good opponent. Josh Allen would be TORN TO SHREDS for turning the ball over multiple times and making several other mistakes, losing once again in the Divisional Round. This is undoubtedly true, and we have already seen the difference in ESPN's Ryan Clark's reaction to Allen losing to KC last January and Lamar losing to Buffalo this year. The media believed Josh Allen was the "wrong Josh" and could never develop into an NFL QB because he "went to Wyoming for a reason" and they also nearly unanimously declared the Bills for dead this offseason. All I can say is, confirmation bias is a helluva drug.

Ryan Clark is such a clown. Everything he said in the 2nd video from last January about what we "don't say" about Lamar, is exactly what he's saying now about Lamar. To be fair, he also posted this last night, but it's really just hedging because he knows he's full of *****:

I've never been more confident in the Bills, honest to god.

I'm a Lamar backer, but he turned the ball over twice in embarrassing fashion. Josh Allen would get relegated to the XFL if he made those errors. Lamar is great, but Joshua Patrick Allen is the 2024 NFL MVP.

The possibility of McD pressing Brady to be conservative in the 2nd half occurred to me, so I hope if true, he quickly realizes the error of his ways and lets Josh Allen cook against KC and in the Super Bowl... when we inevitably make it. Go Bills.

I dont believe the NFL is rigged in favor of the Chiefs, but I do believe they're disproportionately on the recieving end of favorable calls AND no calls. Having said that, I'm more concerned about the refs next week than Mahomes or the rest of the Chiefs. Go Bills.

BASS-O-MATIC ALL THE WAY

I don't know how close he was to actually pitching it, but I also thought about it. I think its more projection than reality, though.

Lamar was invisible for most of the game, but he showed up when the Ravens had a chance. Ultimately, if Brady called a better 2nd half, he wouldn't have had that chance, but Lamar Jackson is a Hall of Famer and deserves the recognition. Go Bills.

Bend but don't break and we're good.