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Defense got the stops we needed to win the game. Offense couldn't execute when it counted in the last two minutes. The plays were there to be made, and the players didn't make them. I was stressed on the final drive, as were we all, but the strategy was sound. It almost worked. It SHOULD have worked. Take Diggs underneath on 2nd and 9, choke KC to death with no time left on the clock for the reprisal TD. It was his best option, and I wish Allen had taken it. If you take the 30-yard shot there, it needs to be perfect. He just needed to get the ball in the neighborhood of Diggs, and that's a first down with the clock still running. Brady understood this. Manning understood this. The old guard has commented on the current crop of QBs looking for the big highlight plays and not taking what's there for them to take. It continues to hold true. I don't blame the loss on Allen. He played a hell of a game. There were plenty of things that could have gone differently to make the last few minutes of the game play out differently. That was his moment to keep slowly driving the dagger in, though, and he went for the quick strike that would leave Patrick Mahomes 1:55 on the clock with 2 TOs and 4-down territory the whole way down the field. Brady or Manning take Diggs on the crosser, there. I wish Allen could do the same.

I swear y'all are just TRYING to be miserable at this point All these injuries and the Bills are still the better team on paper. Not by much, but still better oversll. Will be an interesting game.

And those fans are ALSO idiots.

The premise here is that half the board was calling for McDermott to get fired mid-season so we could try to bring in an elite coach like Tomlin, McDaniel, Sirianni, etc. There were posts upon posts of how the Bills just paled in comparison to top-tier organizations like the Eagles and how we could never hope to truly compete with them. And here we are, onto the divisional round, and every TBD darling save for the 49ers are home on their couch.

Allen's arm talent is ABSURD. I don't understand how he gets the velocity he does on some of his throws.

Yikes. They literally discussed this play on the live broadcast, it's not like this is some subtle find. It was a quick-paced sequence and Miami was out of TOs, it wasn't easy to catch at game speed

Rooting for the Colts here, I do not want to encounter the Texans in the playoffs.

He was uncovered, WR lined up off the line and confirmed being off with the official prior to setting.

Incorrect. You can do offset formations. The formation here would be TE-G-C-G-T-T.

Exactly. In the first two rounds there are HUGE relative advantages to winning the division vs. getting in as a wildcard team.

Honestly Mario Williams was great for us and very arguably lived up to his contract, the rest of the team was just extremely mediocre still.

I want Division + 2 or 3 seed in play. It makes a huge difference in the Wild Card round and delays us hitting the Ravens until AFCCG.

Can you (or somebody else) fill me in on why he seems to be so disliked here? He seems like a good, solid coach and can't recall anything in particular that he has done to draw ire.

If Wilson has another game like this week... that's actually extremely plausible. This season has been absolutely nuts.

We may actually be able to knock Miami out of the playoffs entirely depending on how records shake out after week 18. This season has been an absolute roller coaster, the AFC is pure chaos and (provided the Bills get into the playoffs) it's been an incredible entertaining NFL season overall.

10-7 may well take the Division, Miami can easily lose to Dallas and Baltimore. Playoff picture looking much, much more favorable after this week. Go Bills!

This legit might be another end-of-season slide for Miami, 10-7 could potentially win the division week 18. They could easily lose to Dallas and Baltimore.

We are, though? Our defense is starting to solidify despite personnel losses and the Bills have a Top 5 offense at worst when we aren't shooting ourselves in the foot. What team(s) do you feel like we don't have a reasonable chance of beating, and why?

Y'all need to remember that the Bills are still one of the best teams in the league despite our record and injuries. Repeatedly punching ourselves in the 'nads on offense for a few weeks and a string of bad bounces led to an uphill playoff climb, but the Bills SHOULD beat every team remaining on our schedule. They just haven't been getting it done so far this year. Acting as though the Bills need a miracle to win against *insert team here* is plain bizarre, we have the horses to get it done against any of them. Just gotta stop going all Plaxico Burress on ourselves on offense.

Defenses have taken that away. They play contain and spy to force him to stay in the pocket as much as possible. 3 man rush with double spy has shown up from multiple teams, now. Keep him in the pocket, take away the big play, bait turnovers. It works. His best games this season have been the ones where he has been willing to take the underneath and hot routes first as they come open instead of big play hunting.

Your entire post is predicated on Murray being a poor runner and hampering our run game vs. the Broncos, thus making having Cook sit for a couple of series an indefensible move This is demonstrably not the case I don't know who you are, either, and I don't care. Your posts have stood out to me the last couple of days both in their absurdity and their absolute certainty that the absurd perspective presented is true. I'm not arguing with you. An argument implies a clash of two perspectives that each party respectively insists to be valid. This isn't an invitation to critique my thoughts or posts in a mutual battle of wits, although nothing is stopping you from clicking on my profile to find something to complain about. This is me gently suggesting you identify the facts and form a perspective based on them, instead of forming a perspective and making up facts based on it.

Bro Murray had like 7 yards per carry Your relationship with reality the last couple of days has been tenuous at best

Kincaid was open for the first, there. Defenders are backing away from the LoS to account for the other receivers and Kincaid would have made it. Short pitches and catches are basic functions of NFL skill players, so I would hope that this isn't too much of an assumption to ask for in playcalling.

A 7-yard gain out of bounds or a throwaway are both reasonable outcomes vs. an interception there. Throw to Cook or throw it away.

Teams are taking it away. He tried early on this season but DEs are prioritizing containment, and multiple teams have utilized 3 rushers with double spy against us on 3rd downs. Teams are making it harder for him and he likely has slowed down a bit from bodily wear and tear.