Georgia Bill

Yep, if Eagles get 7, game already over.

That's what a great D will do to you

Can we talk about the elephant in the room? Per source "Only one QB since 1994 has won a Super Bowl with a cap hit percentage higher than 13%, and that was 49ers legend Steve Young, whose deal predated the salary cap itself." Ideal salary range for Super Bowl winning QB's Josh Allen's hit next year will be $39.7 million, 17.4% of the cap. Brady used to take pay at a lower compensation than most other star quarterbacks so that the team would have more to spend on better players around him. Maybe Josh Allen should think about that. IF the money is spent wisely, donating $20 mill per year to the cause would improve his chances of getting a Super Bowl ring. I know that's a big "if" but we can talk about spending on the O-line or the D all we want but the new problem is going to be finding money to spend given the massive amount of cap money Allen will be getting.

So, about 4 years from now we'll be due!

I agree that had we somehow continued in the tourney, based on what we saw not only in the Cinci game but the latter part of the season, we would have gotten beat in the Super Bowl. And I'll take some heat for saying this but losing in the Super Bowl would have been far worse. The stigma of "the Bills can't win a Super Bowl", super chokers, etc., would have been tough to overcome in any follow up trips. Better to get stronger and smarter before we hit that first Super Bowl for this team - it HAS to be a win.

The vast majority of us wanted to believe that somehow, some way, the Bills were going to band together and rise up and win themselves and the city of Buffalo a Super Bowl championship - despite everything that had been thrown at them. What a grand documentary that would have made. One for the ages. But I suspect deep down inside as the difficulties mounted and turned from bad to worse, most of us started to realize it just wasn't likely that it was going to be our year. It takes a combination of skill and a degree of good fortune to win a championship. And luck was something we absolutely did not have. The result yesterday wasn't what we hoped for, but if we're honest with ourselves I think we knew it wasn't going to be our year. I'm looking forward to better seasons in the future. Like someone said - when football can be fun again!

I know we are more than a Von Miller away, but some are acting like we need to fire all the coaches and blow the team up. With all our players healthy and Von and Hyde playing, this might have been a lot closer, maybe a win. I just don't think we need to blow up the team. More bruising power in the middle of the line, that can collapse the pocket? Yes - we need that too.

After the 13 seconds debacle I think the feeling was we were a Von Miller away from getting where we needed to be against the teams with the best QB's (Mahomes, Burrow). I don't know if we can definitively say that wasn't true. We won't know because we lost him, then all the other series of unfortunate events to deal with happened. Put Von Miller back, erase all the misfortune and maybe, just maybe things turn out differently - including capturing the bye. We won't ever know. But it creates a serious quandry into considering where to go from here. Maybe we really aren't as far away as most are thinking based upon this one lackluster performance.

Are the Bengals really that much better than us, or did the Bills just run out of gas?

Our offensive and defensive lines were manhandled. But of course the coaches should have just had them play harder? Face it we were physically overpowered today. It certainly didn't help that we fell behind by 14 early. Playing behind by a lot most of the day allowed the Bengals to keep bringing pressure on Josh. But lord their "backup" O-line and running game just made our D look bad. I don't think it's coaching, I think we need to upgrade our talent on both lines.

It looked like he was wide open on our last shot to the endzone, instead Josh threw it to a covered Davis. Not that it would have likely mattered...

Their starting O-line was injured. The back-ups were healthy, fresh, strong, and quite capable.

That Eagles O-line looks massive!

Is that the Feliciano that played for the Bills? I thought he played guard?

As I said in the game thread - with Mahomes injured there's blood in the water now for the Bills and Bengals. Tomorrow we'll see who wants it more. Go Bills - the stage is set for you!!

With an injured Mahomes there's blood in the water now for the Bills and Bengals

Trying again to get a bigger image size. All the media attention is on the fact that the Bills Chiefs Game has tickets for sale. So does the Bengals AFC Championship game in Cinci. What's the big deal?

This is disgusting - how dare they disrespect the Bills this much. Get this on the locker room wall ASAP! With a magnifying glass - sorry so small...

They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me. The biggest star to ever hit the big time, and all I gotta do is act naturally 😁

And... compared to what the Ravens started on offense last week, the Bills will be way, way better. and the Bengals barely got by based on a fluke fumble with 99 yard return. Just adding to the point that Both teams have pressure.

Nope, the Bengals are 0-3 in Super Bowls. What are you talking about?

I signed up for it, but haven't got anything yet other than the initial "you're in" message I got via text after I submitted. Makes me nervous, thought they would have given me a passcode by now.

If a few questionable calls go the wrong way for the Bengals and we get up on them, I could see them getting testy and making some bad decisions/personal fouls - if they assume the league has pre-ordained a Buffalo win.

I don't think they should. I think it actually would increase the pressure on the Bills, feeling like they have to win for him (on top of the pressure they already feel). It also puts a lot of media scrutiny on a guy who a) didn't want it/slash wishes it never happened and b) probably just wants to lay low and fully recover. That's just my opinion. Some here think it would be good to jack up the team and the crowd. I don't think it's needed.

Of the 13 passes for 20 yards or more (a lot): 6 completions (1 for a touchdown, 1 for 52 yards to Diggs), 6 incompletions, 1 interception. That is taking a lot of deep shots but Josh has the arm and all in all that is not the "well below 50%" completion rate that one poster claimed. We're going to live with Josh or die with him, but I think the majority of us (and all the Bills) love what he brings to this team. I trust them as a team to do what is needed to win.