Utah John

No reason not to use the same game plan (with updates) from when the Bills beat the Chiefs earlier. And now Milano is back.

Lamar at his post game press conference said that on that throw he just threw a second too early and didn't have time to check where the safety was. Yep. And the reason he didn't have that second was because Milano was blitzing him and closing in. That INT was due to Milano. So glad he's back! Gotcha.

Please refresh my memory. When did the Bills turn the ball over?

The point is, he DID win it. Nothing close to an INT or a fumble. Few penalties. Napoleon said the best action when your opponent is making a mistake is not to interfere. When your opponent is turning it over and dropping passes, you just keep on keeping on, and let the other guys realize they're not the better team.

He wouldn't have needed to retake the field. The Bills got the ball on the OS kick and ran out the clock.

I did nothing unusual except try to relax during the second half. I kept thinking about the fact that the Bills were ahead, and that Josh and the rest of the offense was taking pristine care of the ball. Ultimately it worked. No screaming, no special clothes, just being one with the moment and being willing to trust what came would suffice. And THAT was what I did to make the team win. From Cool Hand Luke, "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." You're welcome.

Drink a lot of water. Or something.

Has anyone noticed the similarity between Bass missing a tying FG at the end of last season's playoff loss to the Chiefs, and the Ravens missing a tying 2 pt conversion last night? In both cases, the team that could have scored to tie, left the other team's very potent offense time to take the kickoff and go down and score before the end of regulation. The miss ended hopes for the losing team but would NOT have ended the game. And if I'm not mistaken both plays occurred at the same end of the field. Now the Ravens get to spend an offseason gnashing teeth, just like we did.

I pointed out on the game thread that there have been other calls this year, not all involving the Bills, where an O lineman swats down the hands of the defender, and gets called for holding. As I posted, the league should have made sure its part-time employees all got the memo that this isn't a penalty. But maybe it is supposed to be a penalty, and all fans and all announcers and all players simply don't understand the rule. Time to pull out Occam's Razor and see what makes the most sense.

I do NOT want the Bills to have a single primary receiver. Kincaid has the talent to be a primary receiver but if we get so there's a The Guy then the defense can take that away. When the Bills have half a dozen guys all working to get open, they're much more effective as long as it's a great QB looking over the field and spotting the open guy.

When the Ravens got their last TD, there was 1:33 left in the fourth quarter. That would have been plenty of time for the Bills offense to get into FG position. Certainly the failed 2 pt try just about ended things, but there was every chance the Bills could have won the game with a late score.

When Josh hugged Lamar, Lamar had the good grace to smile at him. Good on him.

I'm alone so no one to shade me about my tears.

Ravens gotta try an onside kick.

The Ravens tactic is to assume they'll score and get two. Otherwise why bother. So they don't want to leave Josh with time to score at the end.