BigDingus

I don't bet, but I'm considering doing it for this game just to hedge my bets. I have horrible luck, so betting against the Bills will obviously make them win, right? Sure, I may lose money, but at least I'll be happy the Bills won. And if they lose, I can at least pretend I was smart & profit off my misery.

We should've just let them continue free lancing then, because that DL was a menace. Remember the stretch of playing Manning (the good one), Brady & Rodgers, all while making them look awful in the process? Pretty sure we still lost some of those games, but the D looked outstanding & the line was racking up a ton of sacks. Didn't 3 of the 4 guys make the Pro Bowl at the same time? Or was that NFL Top 100? Kyle Williams, Mario Williams, Marcel Dareus & Jerry Hughes tore it up until Rex Ryan got there.

But you're talking like our team improved in a vacuum while everyone else stayed stagnant. It was also just the 4th game for the Ravens, who were 1-2 at the time they played us. They were still learning to gel with their squad, just as much as we were. That was also when they finally started using Henry more. Prior to that, the Chiefs put up 27 on them, the Raiders put up 26, the Cowboys put up 25, and then the Bills put up just 10. We were definitely missing players, but I'm not sure that explains our offense becoming worse than the Raiders, or our missing defenders explains giving up more points than the Browns... That was a coaching failure on both sides, paired with poor execution on the field. The DL can't be giving up nearly 200 rushing yards to Henry, and our offense actually has to be more competent. I just went back & looked at time of possession, and they barely beat us in that regard - 31 minutes to 29 minutes. Sure, some of that was garbage time, but I feel top to bottom the players we did have just didn't play with the same urgency Baltimore's were.

Well I'm glad you finally realized this 7 years later, but better late than never!

I was about to start a new thread over this because there's so many examples, but can someone tell me wtf is going on with the Bills social media team & their sh*tposting? 😂 Everything I see from them is like a fever dream. Are they on crack? (Watch to the end, it's ALMOST normal at first)

Shocked this comment is getting so many downvotes. Hollins was definitely the one in the wrong, not for standing over a player (which we have seen called as taunting countless times, but for shoving the guy into the ground, then donkey kicking backwards after walking over him. All of it was unnecessary, and in tight games vs the Ravens & Chiefs, you can't have plays like that called back & hurt yourself. Sorry, people might "like the attitude" now when it doesn't matter, but that kinda stuff does matter to championship teams. Exactly, and we've seen it called many times before. But he also shoved the player & kicked backwards, which seems to have really set the ref off

They always make the excuse "you beat Tyler Huntley, not Lamar!" despite Lamar playing 3 quarters & throwing the game losing pick 6. They also say it's before Lamar had help. You know, moving the goalposts as usual.. But us beating Lamar once 4 years ago isn't the issue, it's the fact that we could go 3 straight seasons losing at home in the divisional round to Burrow, Mahomes & Lamar which would make the media relentless in criticizing the Bills & Allen. Josh already doesn't get credit 4 years ago, so imagine how they'll react if the Bills lose 2 x to Lamar in the same season. It'll be insufferable. Kinda looks like a hospital ball, though it might just be the angles on here

Well damn! What happened to Ray?! I hope he's ok & able to make a return...

Since I was only able to watch on my phone while working, could somebody tell me if we suffered any major injuries during this game?

This is what we need next week, but It's going to be tough. We NEED this defense to finally show up against a competent QB in the playoffs. It'll be horrible if we have home losses to Mahomes, Burrow AND Lamar in the playoffs.

The Ravens. I don't think we can stop Henry, and Lamar is playing great (as much as I HATE saying that). Their defense is playing better than ours, and they already stomped us once this year. We were dealing with some injuries, but their D was playing like crap at the time, with everybody putting up a ton of points on them, yet we could only manage 10 points. So yeah, I wanted to avoid them at all costs, but now there's no choice but to play them (if we advance). Easy, promote Joe Brady.

Yeah, I didn't know this. Coaches can only be traded for a 1st?

I hate hate HATE the Ravens! C'mon Pittsburgh, pull off some black vudu magic BS & win this!

But the odds flipped. Lamar is the favorite now & Josh is sitting at +200

I'm gonna be SO pissed if Allen doesn't win MVP. Many people have told me all year that they don't care, it's all about the Super Bowl. But I care, and I'm greedy. Super Bowl for the team achievement, and MVP for Allen.

I'll be real here, I'm desperately praying for a Steelers upset over the Ravens, as I do not think this Bills team can stop Lamar & Henry. LBs & Safeties are too small. The Bills went several years without a single double digit loss, only for the Ravens to blow us out of the water. Sure, we were missing several players on D & our offense was missing Shakir (and didn't even have Coop yet), but I'm not sure they'd suddenly be able to slow down such a dominant RB. Then again, I hate looking ahead & thinking about the Ravens when the Broncos have a legit D & SB winning coach themselves.

Is it possible that an NFL player is living paycheck-to-paycheck? Because at this point, who knows when your money is coming in & how much it's going to be...

C'mon Joe... You're smarter than this! Don't go to that disfunctional organization! And c'mon Pegula... You'0re smarter than this! Pay Brady like a HC to keep him around & supplant McDermott in the future! Better to have a consistent offense that works with Josh while seeking out a better coordinator to address the D. In the McDermott era we've had the exact opposite. We keep our ineffective defense consistent while bouncing around offensive coordinators despite having a great QB. KC has been so successful because Mahomes has stability with Reid at the helm. We need that for Josh.

Hope he can do that in the divisional round this year. I can only remember one great divisional round performance, and McDermott & his defense blew it for us.

Hahahaha Bengals miss the playoffs! Woooohooo! Suck it Burrow 😆

I'm just making peace with the fact we'll have to beat the Burrow, Lamar & Mahomes in the playoffs. It seems we're always destined for the 2 seed, so just gotta accept that the only way to the SB is 3 straight playoff wins & a fight against KC. The biggest worry is, as always, the defense. Can they play well against elite QBs? Will they ever show they're capable of stopping the run? Their history says no, but we have to hope something changes...

Since the Bills seem to prefer hiring internally, it'll be someone already on the team. Probably a random positional coach. But the Bills should just pay Brady whatever he wants & promise him the HC position if McDermott blows it & gets fired.

So I was watching Colin's week 17 reaction video (Bills segment at 38:25) & he immediately goes into talking about McDermott. "I think these are the Sean McDermott playoffs.... "If they get bounced early in the playoffs... if Cincinnati got in & played Buffalo in the 1st round, and Cincinnati won, I'm telling you, I think McDermott's in trouble." "When I watch this team - I don't want to hear about Josh Allen. This is not a Josh Allen referendum. He lost a game cuz he scored a TD with 13 seconds left to Mahomes." "This team, this coaching staff, has REAL pressure on them." We were really down on McDermott last year, and there's been a decent amount of discussion about McDermott this year (especially after the Rams game), but I've heard many others throwing his name out for Coach of the Year. It sounds odd that someone who some consider COTY material would also be someone who could get fired after this postseason, regardless of outcome. If the scenario that Colin suggested played out & we lost to the Bengals in the WC round, then yeah, I don't see how you can keep him. But what about the divisional round? Nobody would be happy with another 2nd round exit, but would this start to feel like a Marvin Lewis situation (only the 2nd round instead of the 1st)? I'm not preemptively planning for defeat, but I also haven't really considered what this team would look like without McDermott. Him & Beane are so close, it's hard to imagine a true coaching staff reboot. What do you all think? Is this postseason a "Sean McDermott" playoffs?

I wasn't paying much attention to him, but just watched some highlights again & saw him get beat on the 2nd TD pass. Was he ok aside from that?

This was hilarious, but it also reminded me how many risky throws Allen made running to his right & trying to heave it up to someone deep. He really can't be doing that in the playoffs against good teams. We got lucky none of those were picked.