Dan

It never fails… no matter how crappy the QB or how average the WR…. every game they make 1 or 2 throws or catches that has me shaking my head and wondering… why can’t our receivers adjust and make a catch like that! Diggs is the only one that occasionally makes that amazing play. Everyone else… they need the ball placed perfectly. And even then, I’m often surprised when they don’t drop it. If this teams lacks anything… it’s playmakers that elevate their game and make that seemingly impossible play. Outside of Josh we have no one on offense or defense that does that consistently.

I was at the 13 second game… same endzone that Josh performed miracles in the 4th quarter. All I can say is I don’t know how loud it is on the field, but 30 or so rows up… that place was deafening! When Josh was down there doing his thing… I couldn’t hear anything, the stands were literally shaking making it hard to even see clearly. I have no idea how the offense could operate in that environment. But they did!! I hope the Chiefs get a taste of that on Sunday! I won’t be there, but I hope Bills Mafia brings it and makes it just as deafening and hostile as they made it for our boys! We’ve all waited 2 years for this! Bring it and take no prisoners!! GO BILLS!!

This is absolutely a legacy type game for Buffalo. 4 consecutive divisional round games. The last 2 they lost. Haven’t beaten Mahommes in the playoffs. The Bills are easily one of the top 2, maybe # 1 depending upon which metrics you use, teams in the regular season for the last 4 years. But, they have to get over this playoff hump. This is the year to do it! Beat Mahommies, get to the AFCCG! Do that and its no longer just Bills Mafia saying Josh is the best. Do that and you quiet all the critics that say McD can’t get it done. The entire season has been about this game. Take it! Advance and send KC home to watch you play next week. (…then next week becomes the legacy defining game. lol ) Seeing that in print… hurt.

Agreed. If Douglas is playing, and healthy, I’m not terribly worried about Rice. My concern with their run game is if/when the run outside. That will pretty much negate our stout DTs. Hopefully, McD realizes they’re going to try and run outside the tackles and comes up with a solid counter that doesn’t include leaving Kelce one on one with a LB. if they can’t stop the outside runs and/or let Kelce release off the line untouched… it’ll be a long game. Surely we’re game planning to stop all that.

The blocked FG and near 30yard chase back to jump on it was a huge momentum shift in the game. It gave the Steelers life and reinforced the notion that if they could get one more turnover they could steal a win. Had Bass made that kick, the game was over. Instead, it lifted the Steelers and signaled the dog fight that was the 3rd quarter.

Good points! Good points!

With all due respect, it would be nice to see all sorts of financials from billion $ industries and individuals. But that’s not for us lowly people. We just live in this world, they control it. We don’t see price breakdowns from simple government funded projects, no way we’d ever see something here. I had several friends text me, astonished how good the field and stadium looked. I think they did an admirable job! Now… I wasn’t in the stands and didn’t have to wade through a couple feet of snow to clear a seat. But when the snow stops less than 12hrs from kickoff, there’s only so much that can be done. I still say they did an awesome job in every way to pull that game off. The city, the team and the people of western New York are the standard for all other cold weather teams! Agreed, and perhaps in contrast to my statement above, I think the team should just do more to game plan for the weather. Better planning, year in and year out with bus schedules clearly posted and set for every game so that just becomes a routine for some. They also need a means to more easily clear snow from the seats? Heaters throughout the stands? There’s plenty of ideas to toss out. But, it seems apparent that they should build some sort of plan into handling snow and fan access to and from the stadium into the new stadium.

/thread. Shut ‘er down

Just wanna say… your comments suck. You should drink more and post less.

I look at it the other way… the league needs to be smart when they schedule games. I know you can never 100% predict the weather. But they don’t consider weather at all, it seems. KC shoulda been the early game yesterday. And Houston, playing in a dome, the night game. There’s a world of difference between freezing temps at 2pm vs 8pm. And it’s even more dramatic when you consider 10ish pm when the game ends and then fans have to drive home. But we all know why KC was the primetime game. Even more so… had they considered the long range forecast last week when making the schedule, I would bet Saturday looked like less snow for Buffalo than Sunday. Had the game been played yesterday rather than today… it goes off with no real concern. Maybe eventually they’ll wise up and consider more than just TV ratings in their scheduling, but I doubt it. The networks pay too much. So I don’t see this as a Buffalo problem but a league problem for not considering the very real impact that weather has on a game and fan attendance.

I hate that the game is postponed and all the stuff that it brings. However, no one should be trying to play a game with weather like that! Hopefully it clears out enough by tomorrow. Go Bills!!!

I’ve often felt the Bills were working on this type of offense all season long. It’s not always looked pretty either. But, I think they realized with all the bad weather last year, that they need the ability to do this and not always be a vertical passing type offense. IMO, this is when we start to see the fruits of all the poor offensive production this season. If we can run the ball effectively, pass to TEs and RBs out of the back field and just move the ball on Sunday… we’ll finally have the type of team that can win in any kind of weather or stadium.

To be fair… last year was a record year for snowfall in that area. They get a lot of snow, no doubt! But, last year was definitely above average and there were several snow events that were just insane. Hence when all the mountain snow melted in the spring, Tulare Lake appeared in central CA for the first time in quite some time.

Why not move it to Miami… the boys seem to enjoy playing there!

The Bills have made a concerted effort to be better at running the ball all season and be able to grind out wins in bad weather. This is the week we find out how much progress they’ve genuinely made. I don’t think any person familiar with football can see this game as a win for Pittsburgh. Hence, Bills are heavy favorites. Yes, we all know the Steelers could win. Any team can beat any other team in the modern NFL. But, let’s be clear, that would be the upset of the weekend. I just hope they don’t move the game and screw it all up. And affect the next week game! GO BILLS!!!

I’m not sure this got a lot of talk… maybe it did and I missed it. The week before, we had about 5mins left and ran out the clock on the Patsies. This game, we had 6:20ish left. Thats a lot of time to run off! They almost did it, coming up about 6inches short. But man.. that was actually a very risky strategy to not even try and score with that much time left. I don’t totally disagree with it, but I do think they should have mixed in a few more safe passes and runs. They got very predictable. Hopefully they have some quick hitters and such in the playbook because the schnow plow ain’t gonna always get it done as we saw. i think being up by a full touchdown is what dictated it. Worst case scenario, Dolphins get the ball back and tie the game. I think if we’re leading by anything less than a full 7pts, they would have tried to score.

It’s hard to freak out too much over the Chiefs or Browns or Ravens or anyone we’re not playing. Right now… we have to beat the Steelers. So I think we’re freaking out over the right team… this week. Through luck and the grace of Josh Allen, I genuinely hope we’re all freaking out about the difficult task of beating a different team next Tuesday.

It’s funny… I used to watch ALL the shows. The last many years… I watch none. Only see snippets here and there. And ya know what… I enjoy the game far more, have no expectations, don’t feel the Bills sucked because they didn’t win by enough, etc. Essentially, I just don’t care what the national narrative is. I watch the games, enjoy the outcome and hope for better. 4 more games! Let’s do this any way we can. Go Bills!!!

What I find just unbelievable is the ref that is right there at the sideline… didn’t see that? Or did and said… nah, no foul there? I mean, it’s just beyond reason to say that is not pass interference.

I think this is more a statement about you and your mindset. And less to do with Josh and how he’s played. Look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have difficulty seeing reality.

I do wonder sometimes if the coaches either out think themselves or if they go more vanilla against lesser teams (i.e. Chargers and Patsies). Because there are 2 statistics that have held true all season: the offense is far more efficient when they play up tempo (no huddle) and when Allen is under center and calls play action. Yet.. they go away from both all the time. Why?

The pessimistic outlook about this team and coaching staff has been off the rails for at least half the season. We’re one win away from the #2 seed and you still have people saying we need to fire the coach and blow it all up. And even more thinking it’s unlikely we can compete with the juggernaut Dolphins! It’s beyond pessimism. It’s a delusional reality that so many people live in. What really sucks is if the Bills win, they’ll all be silent and secretly harbor resentment towards the team for proving them wrong. If they lose…Sunday or anytime before or at the SuperBowl…they’ll all be back telling us how right they were. How they knew it all along. Preconceived narratives based on pundits whose job is to say something to get clicks is a B word to get past.

#2 seed, we would face the #7 team at home. Lose and the best we can hope for is a road game to KC or back in Miami. Then, if we win that, likely on to Baltimore. I think winning this game is extremely huge to our success in the playoffs! Go Bills!

Thats an interesting point. I’ll assume it’s true, which means the Bills did run effectively against them. Our offense as a whole, however, I think is still very predictable. They only have a few run formations, and the wide receiver routes are very similar to that under Dorsey. I think, defensive backs all too often are able to jump routes based on Josh’s tendencies, and the tendencies of the offense, overall until we get a truly different offensive coordinator that knows how to scheme and adjust, I think we’re going to continue to see disjointed game plans. Brady is good but by no means should he be the default OC next season.

I just don’t see the team activating a rookie for the playoffs that hasn’t played all year. But in all seriousness, would anyone even notice if Sherfeild and Harry were not in the game? Both of them have offered zero to the offense. If Von was benched, so should they be.