Richard Noggin

Marino deserved NOTHING! How dare you suggest otherwise. Such a whining, petulant child who embarrassed his own guys all the time. Eff him. Rant over...

Unfortunately, this loss could be considered such a failure. Nothing is promised from year to year. Aaron Rodgers hasn't had another hack at a Superbowl in a long time, for example. Gotta capitalize on every opportunity, every game.

Your tone is ridiculous. I'm not saying anything so absolute as we shouldn't feel for these guys after a loss. I'm merely calling for some sanity. I see my own family, including myself, take it too far all the time. We're rooting for athletic, blessed millionaires who mostly don't even reside permanently in our region. We don't need to feel TOO badly for them when they lose a game. And that's the thing, I'm acknowledging that they ARE human beings who DO feel these disappointments in very real ways. Money doesn't absolve that. So let's appreciate their hard work, but not get carried away in the loss feels for THEM. I promise it's worse for most middle- and lower-class WNYers.

But of course you understand the kick could have shaved several seconds OFF the total of 13, right? (Or pinned the Chiefs deep if they called a fair catch.)

I would even argue Allen ascended to a NEW LEVEL OF QB PLAY during the end of the season and especially during the playoffs. I think Daboll's biggest failure tonight was not recognizing how effing dialed-in his elite QB was, and instead calling a balanced game during the first half. Eff that. We should have had the ball in Allen's hands for every 3rd down (and beyond). JA17 was ready to be transcendent from the start. We squandered that magic for two+ full quarters.

But their actual lives are NOT in the balance here. It DOES have to do with their financial positions. They and their families are forever taken care of in a material way. The vast majority of Bills fans are not in the same position. Professional disappointments for many of us actually result in financial hardship. But like I said, I DO actually feel for them on a human level for a short while. We just shouldn't spend too much energy feeling badly for such successful people who WILL be okay.

I can't dismiss these points. I want to, because I DO feel like the defensive players simply failed to tackle and make the plays in front of them, but then there was a complete coaching MELTDOWN on the 13-second Chiefs drive. So...I don't know.

Lame. This one hurts, no doubt. But you're being soft.

Agreed, but then again...these are two very young, talented, privileged AND rich people playing the sport they ostensibly love professionally. Let's not feel TOO badly for them. Don't get me wrong, they are human and are allowed to feel this pain. But I'd do almost anything to have that same opportunity. Their families are forever provided for if they're smart about things. And again, I don't begrudge them their success. I invest a great deal of my own well-being in that success. Just let's not lose too much sleep feeling badly for these millionaires.

Are you referencing the 3rd and 2 call to Singletary running left, which was stuffed by Bolton? I swear to effing god it was obvious to me and everyone at my house that Nick effing Bolton was NOT out there to cover Gabriel Davis in the slot, as his alignment seemed to suggest, and that he even twitched towards the LOS before the snap and gave himself away, and yet STILL the play went into his waiting arms.

You know, I don't hate this general idea that McD has to get his team past the Chiefs next season. Sometimes new coaching can help an otherwise talented team break through old paradigms. But I'm not eager to see the franchise led by anyone else. McD has built a perennial winner (in large part due to the QB, but that's always the case in the NFL).

A defense MUST pressure Josh Allen to have a chance at disrupting him. Whether that is achieved by blitzing or by covering and getting home with 3 or 4 depends upon personnel and matchups. The Bills, like so many offenses, have had trouble with defenses who play various coverages behind 3 or 4 pass rushers who win individual battles. The addition of Ingram and Jones (since the week 5 matchup) makes the Chiefs front potentially formidable enough to be disruptive without blitzing. Either way, Spags will show all kinds of simulated pressures and disguised coverages in an effort to slow down Allen's processing and speed up his feet.

"Luckily," the results of today's games (with respect to perceived favorites and predicted results) have no actual bearing on the results of tomorrow's games. Arbitrary historical trends, like underdog win percentage in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, only describes what HAS happened already. They do not predict what WILL happen. Flipping a coin is a 50/50 proposition, mathematically. But each time the coin is flipped is a functionally independent event which is uninfluenced by any trends or patterns preceding that particular flip.

Tua can hand off the ball.

A wincing "ooh" or "ooph" or "ouch" type of reaction.

WARMER

Phew?

Warmer lol

Except Rypien was absolutely dealing in that offense that year. Jimmy G isn't exactly humming.

His faith-based approach to life definitely won't HURT McCown's chances if Easterby has influence... Consider Reich's persistent personal connection to and professional belief in Carson Wentz. Very much rooted in their shared faiths. Which I point out without judgment.

We got season tickets together this season. First time for both of us.

3rd game though, right? We were home in the 1st matchup last season I think.

I realized early on that I was OVER prepared. I was actually preparing like I was going skiing in the same conditions, which means that wind (even on a calm night) becomes a factor. So I had a face mask and ski goggles on top of all the other cold weather layers and warmers, to ensure NO EXPOSED SKIN. But truth be told, I never pulled the goggles down from my forehead, and rarely even covered my face with the mask. Heck, I had my gloves off much of the game. Still can't believe how comfortable I was in those temps.

I strongly disagree with the bolded. Belichick (and Brady, because eff him) have shown to be both sore losers AND sore winners (used to run up the score relentlessly back in the day, plus their post-game lack of sportsmanship is well-documented). How the LEADER of a multi-billion dollar sports franchise conducts himself following wins AND losses matters tremendously to the culture surrounding the NFL. You just know their "alleged" legacy of subversion and "competitive advantage" has merit when they reveal themselves incapable of handling defeats with any modicum of class or maturity. They truly don't believe they should ever lose, based in part on their pervasive campaigns of finding every possible competitive edge, rules be damned. Toxic competitiveness is a thing. Which is why rules and regulations, and enforcement, are so essential. I should also stress: I think Belichick is the best defensive mind in NFL history, and truly does respect the sport on a macro-level. I generally find his curmudgeonly act to be amusing. But make no mistake, he's a ruthless doosh whose hatred for losing can rob the sport of its joy.

The conclusion reached in this last sentence, from an otherwise reasonable post, is completely irrational. And Sean McDermott would be disappointed in your fixed mindset here. The Manning Colts finally got past the Brady Patriots, didn't they? The Young 49ers finally got past the Aikman Cowboys, right? The Madden Raiders got past the Knox Steelers. Ideally failure begets growth, which leads to success. (Look into Carol Dweck on youtube.)