JustHewIt

The point Warner failed to answer to, and the most important IMO, is that Josh is held to a ridiculous standard that no other young quarterback is. The goalposts are constantly moving. He's an athletic running QB who can't stand in the pocket and throw. Okay he's standing in the pocket, but he can't throw with accuracy. Okay, he's throwing with accuracy but he can't hit the short stuff. Okay, he's hitting the short stuff but he can't throw deep. Okay, he can throw deep but he can't do it two games in a row. Okay, he did it two games in a row but he can't do it in the playoffs.... It's exhausting to listen to, and I should probably take the advice of the poster above who just records the games and FFs through all the nonsense.

No Mahomes or Brady? Sounds fantastic!

QB is what matters. There's a reason why most almost all of the last 22 Super Bowls have featured one of Brady, Manning, Big Ben and Mahomes. If you want to try and luck into one of the once-every-ten-years Super Bowls that don't follow this trend (Flacco vs. Kaep! Johnson vs. Gannon!) then don't pay your top 5 QB. Otherwise, pay your top 5 QB.

But we wouldn't have been in the super bowl. We would have had to beat a good Bengals team with a good quarterback, something we didn't do all season. Then we likely would have had to do it again in the super bowl against the Rams. We made it to the divisional round, something we should be doing every year for the next ten years with JA. This "we lost an opportunity that's so hard to come by!" is a total exaggeration.

I can't believe this is a hot topic on this board. I hope this loss clears out all the bandwagoners.

Just listen to almost every player in every position group on both sides of the ball talk about Josh, and you know he's a leader. They continually rave about the guy and how they'll go to war with him any time. What more do you need?

Daddy Bill Simmons told him the Pats were a lock to win the division, probably

That's pretty wild! IMO the biggest reason why this year has been so stressful and polarizing for the fanbase. It's hard to take those stomach punch losses over and over knowing that we're a good team. I'd much rather just get blown out once in a while, chalk it up to a bad week and move on

You haven't actually watched Carson Wentz play much lately, have you?

Respect for coming back to take your medicine. Mac did exactly what he did against a good team last week in Indy--not a whole hell of a lot during meaningful snaps. You predicted the Pats would get 38 pts against us...not sure where that even came from considering our record against young QBs Still, again, respect for coming back to take it. You've been a good poster on this board for a long time.

Don't worry, they're busily typing a response about how our KC win doesn't count because KC was playing badly at the time or something. Or how that game was the Bills personal Super Bowl, so much like the Colts on Saturday, it doesn't really count. I've lurked on this board a long time. This person was so much less contentious when the Pats were front running Super Bowl locks every year. Funny how that works.

Regarding us not beating anyone...that's why I said "Sounds pretty familiar, actually." Because that's us, too. We're having similar seasons. That was the point I was making. Lol. The rest of your post is just so full of hypotheticals and hardly coherent statements I'm not sure what to say. But to summarize--the game situation changed as the game was winding down, and Indy wasn't playing the same scheme they had used to stifle you for most of the game. That's all. Take it easy, Francis.

Well, I think it's kind lame to act like you were just a dropped ball or two away from kicking ass in a game you didn't really score in until garbage time. By that logic, the bills are really a 12-2 team, if not for coming out flat and a miscue here and there. In reality you're a five loss team who has beat up on some bad/injured teams and lost to most of the good teams you've played (and even a couple mediocre ones). You had a stretch of your season that was *****, and you had a stretch that was strong. Sounds pretty familiar, actually. To your other point, the O moved it at the end of the third quarter when you were down 20-0 and running out of possessions. Your other two drives in the third quarter were: 3 plays, 9 yards, INT 6 plays, 22 yards, Turnover on Downs

The Pats gained 2/3 of their total yardage in the end of the third/fourth quarter with the Colts playing a softer D up three scores. Not to mention a horrible pick from Wentz that got them right back in it. Let's not pretend like the game was a close battle the whole way. Also, pretty arrogant to say "The Colts played like it was their SB"....really feeling yourself there, eh? They crushed us, played the Bucs close, shutout the Texans, and beat up you guys for three quarters. Shouldn't teams be playing their best ball in major December matchups in primetime? They're simply playing great ball right now even with an extremely limited QB.

It's so unfortunate. I get the insecurity that we all have, but geez louise. The lowest point of the season for me was listening to the Colts game and hearing E-Wood mention how quiet the stadium was.....it was still first half! The fanbase can't seem to take a punch this year. I hope we can bring the juice tonight!