st pete gogolak

Please. Philly selects Jefferson and instead of Diggs we get Justin Reagor. Or do you have a crystal ball come draft day?

I think we need a young Alec Baldwin to come into the locker room to give his Glengarry Glenn Ross speech. Always Be Closing!!!

KC game I was all for going for 2. You win or lose in regulation and force Bills D to actually play defense if you don’t convert. Different situation with Philly. If you’re successful on the 2, plenty of time for Philly to march down field for the win. Making it a 3 point game, makes Philly play conservative and settle for FG attempt.

Want to be fair. D had big stop last year to win KC game. Other than that, has D made a late stop to win a game (I guess you can include NYG game this year but what a cluster bleep that was)? Honest question.

Bingo! Agree 100%. McDermott is scared to death of giving up the big play at the end of tight games and I really believe it goes back to the Hill TD.

So, the consensus is that the play is unstoppable and if the Eagles are in 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1 you just concede the yard or the TD?

Can anyone put the Brown and K Allen plays up together? Interested to do a side by side comparison.

I laughed out loud when I saw Taron Johnson on the field for the Tush Push TD, all 170 pounds of him. You’ve got 8 DL. Put them on the field. At least make the Eagles do something other than push the ball up the middle. I don’t blame McDermott. Not a single HC does anything other than concede a first down or TD to the Eagles.

I shouldn’t have said “clutch”. Posters who have indicated you can’t have the most clutch kick in the regular season are 100% right. Has to be playoffs or Super Bowl. How about “most difficult”? Hitting a 59 yard FG on grass in the rain is nuts.

Oh vey! Posters fondly remembering the Dick Jauron era (even a little bit)! Jauron wasn’t the worst Bills’ HC of all time but I hated him more than any of the others. Offense wasn’t good. Defense wasn’t good. Special teams were fantastic (thanks Bobby April!). Ultra conservative, good enough to eke out a few wins against bad teams and get absolutely hammered by good teams. No thanks.

I’m as pessimistic as any Bills fan but I’m thinking there is no way this guy is hitting a 59 yard FG in the rain and wind on grass. I think the consensus is that Vinitari’s 45 yard FG in the snow to send the “tuck” game into OT is the greatest, most difficult clutch FG in history. After yesterday, it’s in second place.

Second miss was huge. Maybe the turning point. He makes it and it’s 20 - 7, with the Bills looking dominant. Eagles immediately move down the field for a touchdown and now it’s a brand new game.

Is that the deal now? Give the MVP to the QB on the team with the best record? Thought Hurts was generally awful last night, processing so slowly I thought he might be concussed.

Tend to agree. One thing that may force changes is a ref being caught fixing games for cash. It happened with an NBA ref. It very well could happen in the NFL. Even if it does, 50/50 whether they take any real steps to solve the problem.

I’m not going to go down the conspiracy rabbit hole, but with all the money being bet on NFL games, the League HAS to do something to reduce the influence the officials have on game outcomes. Obviously, it will never be reduced to zero, but there has to be a way to at least reduce their influence. Here are my thoughts but very interested if anyone has a thought on this. Defensive PI. Move from spot foul to 15 yards. If “flagrant” PI becomes an issue, tinker with the rule the following year. Illegal contact. Increase area for contact from 5 to 10 yards. Eliminate ticky tack fouls. Contact has to be substantial and reduce receiver’s ability to contest for a catch. The call on the Eagles last night in the second half gifting the Chiefs a first down was a travesty. Defensive holding. Again, eliminate ticky tack foul. Holding has to reduce receiver’s ability to contest for a catch. Offensive holding. At least be consistent. Sick of refs determining outcomes. Thoughts?

TD aside, Hurts doesn’t look right. Playing like he’s concussed.

Outgained in 17 straight games and the #1 seed? Statistically. . . Improbable.

Shows how unlucky Bills were with the schedule this year. Broncos early and Bengals early or late are wins instead of losses. Tough to go into NYC on Monday night on anniversary of 9/11 with all the Rogers hype. Plus the London travesty. BUT a schedule doesn’t get you into the Super Bowl. We could have had three games against MAC opponents and it doesn’t turn this team into a Super Bowl contender.

Last year’s Minnesota game was maybe not the most heartbreaking but it was unique in that there were literally 20 or so plays where if Bills execute game is over or for all practical purposes over (failure to turn two Cousins interceptions into points, Singletary fumble, first Josh interception, Cam Lewis brain fart, Josh fumble, etc. etc.). Can’t remember any game like that, although this year’s Tampa Bay game felt somewhat similar.

It’s called complimentary football.

Should have hired Schwartz as HC instead of Ryan but that ship sailed a long time ago.

Thoughts the spots were consistently bad all game long.

Yeah. About 20 chances to put a nail in the coffin and every single time something bizarre happens to prevent the win. Has there ever been a “game over” play stranger than Phillips’ face mask call. I actually said game over when he got ahold of Mayfield. Only the Bills!

Hey, FC this looks like a better angle. He’s clearly more than a yard beyond the line of scrimmage at the time the ball is thrown. And . . .the red threw the flag. Again why pick it up? If the flag is t thrown no complaint. Calls missed ALL THE TIME.

I think I’m getting closer to an answer. No, the NFL isn’t going to give an explanation for picking up the flag (“just give it to them”). One poster speculated that it was a lateral, thus ok for linemen to be downfield. No, it clearly wasn’t. For what it’s worth, Stephenson was credited with 34 receiving yards, not rushing yards. Another poster, clearly a Pats lover, said it was a perfectly legal play because Belichek is a stickler for details (“ok lineman, go exactly one yard past the line of scrimmage but not an inch more”). Visual evidence refuted this ( lineman was more than a yard downfield). Again, again, not saying in the least that it cost us the game. We played like total crap. It is just so unusual to pick up a flag in that situation that it strikes me as bizarre. If the NFL comes out and says lineman was within a yard of the LOS at the time the pass was thrown, fine. At least that is the league explanation. Watched the end of the Colts Browns game. Two horrible calls at the end, especially the second pass interference ( ball was so uncatchable a fan in the stands had a better chance to catch it). Pick up the flag? Nope. Costs the Colts the game. You are correct as far as NFL/AFL. I’m guessing he was first in college as well. Is that correct?