Chugga

Next year…. No super bowl favorites. No Josh Allen mvp watch. No Tuesday night Allen interviews with Kyle Brandt. No locker room karaoke. No 50 billion interviews with Pat McAfee. No Von Miller podcast introspectives. I love this team and always will. But they were reading their own press clippings this year. And this is the product. The coaching has been terrible but there has been a lack of energy since kickoff

This outcome and this team is what happens when you are chasing instead of playing your own style of football. We went all out to build a team to beat the Chiefs and lo and behold we are getting stomped by the Bengals. How well did it work out when every AFC East team built to beat the Patriots?

This game doesn’t even hurt that bad. It just brings back the fact that last year was our year. A forever reminder of how brutal 13 seconds was. And surprise it was bad defensive coaching….

And that is the Bills season in one play

Every single check down is 5-10 yards. We never do that

It’s rough watching Burrow take checkdowns every single damn play and they always end up with 5-10 yards and we’ve got 3rd and 2s and 3rd and shorts and it’s bombs. Even if the bombs are accurate just keep the drive moving

There needs to be a better system in place than this absolute ridiculous “well the ref has to look down then up to see”. It’s a penalty that gets missed consistently. This is a multibillion dollar company. It is ridiculous

I can’t help but to think if the Bengals win this game Chris Jones and that D-Line that the chiefs didn’t invest in NEARLY as much as we did are going to dominate this bengals line.

If he was hurt he would have been hurt getting up. Checking on the photographer and being late back to the huddle likely caused the injury he‘ll be fine

I was 10 years old when I watched the comeback and that was a backup QB and a previous MVP injured on the sidelines. Now that team had passion and I just hope this team today can find it. 10 points is nothing.

That’s not the safest way to gauge success. Bennett and Talley didn’t win anything either. Not he’s not those guys but he works in a highly broken system. I truly think the system he plays in is the cause of his issues it’s not always him

I think this fanbase will be unpleasantly surprised when Edmunds leaves.

You think the defense is bad now chances are we can’t afford Poyer, Edmunds, or Phillips next year. Gotta find a way this year

On the all out blitz on 1st down DBs are 10 yards off the ball why are we not throwing something quick to get some yards we had 3 timeouts

Hate to say it but it’s totally scheme at this point. I don’t think Miller and Hyde make a drastic change to this game. They make a play here or there but they are just marching consistently and rarely even getting into 3rd downs

Phillips and Oliver need to go hunting this drive. He needs pressure right up his face

When all else fails bring back the K Gun

Why does 1st and 10 seem so insurmountable right now? Someone has got to get some energy into this team this game has 3 quarters left. Why does the body language look like there’s 2 minutes left

This game isn’t over we just need to get our passion back

After the dolphins game I had mild concerns about what we let a 3rd string QB do. This is definitely scary now.

How soon we forget a 17 year long drought where everyone’s weekends in January were spent watching movies and wondering what if. The Chiefs lost to the Colts and the Texans took them to OT. Last years number 1 seed couldn’t survive a single game in the playoffs. You just gotta make it in. That’s it, absolutely anything can happen after that especially to a division opponent that was relatively healthy (with scary weapons) aside from QB. Do I wish we played better? Of course but literally anything can happen on any given sunday. Take no wins for granted. If you want dominant victories go play madden. 1 win down, 3 wins away from super bowl champs. Cheer up

At the end of the season the grieving I have is more about the loss of the team than it is the loss of the game. I love “this team”. Allen, Diggs, Oliver, Poyer, etc. Whatever team we have next year won’t be this team. We might lose Poyer, Singletary is likely gone. Do we retain Lawson and Phillips? Whatever happens I just want this team to get closure and go out giving everything they got. No matter what happens this team played their heart out this year.

This is the Bills fan in me talking and not a scenario I would assume would ever be on the table but…. I say they cancel the game and award wins to both teams involved with a stipulation that the Bengals hold all tiebreakers. That means week 18 everyone is still playing for their livelihood. Bills need a win to secure 1st. Chiefs need a win for a shot at first (and Bills loss) Bengals need a win and two losses for first Yeah I know wishful thinking but also plays into NFL’s hands of making the last week highly important.

Would be hard to give the Bengals a tie with the lead and driving. Hate to say it but I think the path forward is the Bills forfeiting. I get it we won’t be the #1 seed. It is what it is. Hamlin is what matters

Just puts things into perspective. I’ve joked sometimes that I come to these forums as therapy for the ridiculously crazy game day hot takes. But man whether you’re an all pro or the guy that consistently blows coverage every single person that steps on that field puts their life or quality of life on the line. They all deserve a significant level of respect for that.