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And the Bengals, who are everyone's new SB favorite, would have lost to the Bucs without getting turnovers on 4 STRAIGHT POSSESSIONS. There is no certainty in sports and in a sport where each game matters a lot a certain amount of randomness can have great effects on outcomes. For instance, the Bills might lose the #1 seed this weekend because they have to play outside in a winter hurricane, while the Bengals and Chiefs will have much better weather.

Josh needs to be on the side working with Bates and/or Van Roten on snaps under center because he will be taking a lot of them this week.

I'm not so sure that this is true. Without Taylor, they have average at best offensive weapons, a line with average tackles and an all-world guard that they are paying like a LT and a slightly above-average defense. What scared teams about the Colts last year so much that they were willing to drop playoff seeds to avoid them in the first round was Taylor. He was that good.

Reading this thread reminded me that sports fans fall into some traps because we all care so much about things over which we have no control: When the other team makes a play, we all search for "who's guilty" on our favorite team rather than acknowledging that the other team can and will make plays. I think that we do this because we want to feel like the "problems" are fixable with better defensive technique and/or personnel. For example, Hill makes a lot of safeties take bad angles due to his olympic sprinter speed. I think that on this particular play Micah Hyde himself would have taken a "bad angle" because once Hill is at full stride there is little that you can do. I'm not saying Hamlin made a good play, but once Hill gets that ball where he did he is taking it to the house 9 times out of 10. This goes across all sports. To baseball fans, every HR hit by the other team is a bad pitch. On SabresSpace, every goal scored by the other team is a missed defensive assignment. Sometimes the other team makes a play. Imagine being a Fins fan breaking down JA17 40+ yard run. You would blame the DC, the entire DL, LB corp, and the DBs. They all missed tackles and took bad angles. Fans of every NFL team hate the OC. And I mean every team. We do this because it seems to us like a job that we could do. Fans also like the plays that work and hate the ones that don't. Everyone here has conveniently forgotten how much we used to hate Daboll. Go read the post game thread after the Jax debacle for a refresher. Bengals fans HATE Zach Taylor (he calls the plays) with the force of a thousand suns (I know because I live in Cincinnati and hear it all the time). Chiefs fans, after the past two games, want Andy Reid to give up play calling duties (I actually waded into the cesspool that is Chiefs Planet to confirm this). In Dorsey's case, if you look at the All-22 you'll see short and medium options open on every pass play. Dorsey is "scheming" them open but Josh Allen is just refusing to take the layups. It comes with the territory. A QB that takes the easy options doesn't even think to attempt that TD pass to Cook at the end of the 2nd. Nor does he scramble out wide, jump in the air, and throw a TD pass across his body instead of throwing the ball away like JA17 did in the Pats game. I think that Bills fans need to find a way to watch other NFL games with the same critical eye as they watch Bills games. Most NFL games are close, with a few plays deciding the outcomes. And most blowouts are the result of a strange circumstances. For example, everyone is pumping up the Bengals right now but they would have lost to the Bucs if the Bucs offense had not TURNED THE BALL OVER ON FOUR STRAIGHT POSSESSIONS. The first one was a good play by a DB but the next three were a complete implosion by the His Royal Tomness. And in their great win over the KC Chiefs, the Mighty Cincinnati Bengals slot receiver and Bills' fan favorite Tyler Boyd had a worse drop than any this season by Davis or Knox. You just don't remember it because the Bengals won the game and it didn't hurt you on an emotion level.

I didn’t catch live that the Fins players were trying to kick snow on the FG spot as the Bills players were trying to clear it.

Worse than Tua? It must be true, I read it right on Finheaven.

who said that?

Crowder's ankle is looking good.

And this stellar backfield lost to the Giants and will watch the Bills play in the playoffs from the comfort of their offseason homes.

Watched Christmas Vacation and Ted Lasso.

If they win, it’s a t-shirt and hat day. I think that’s all the motivation they’ll need.

Spread on this game was Bills -7. I think that might be driving this discussion more than anything.

The one time in my life that I want Brady to win a game and this is what happens.

actually, you're right They have 4 AFC losses to our 2.

That is split 1-1, so they go to the next tie breaker which is conference record.

Charles Davis is in tears. He hasn't said anything since that missed kick.

Zach Wilson is about to Zach Wilson.

That goes without saying, but how are you feeling about this game?

No. The Bills close wins are actually failures but the Chiefs barely beating the 1-win Texans is a sign of their greatness. I'm sure that's how the usual suspects on TBD will interpret today's results.

How did the Jets find that guy as an undrafted FA?

How are you feeling if you're a Chiefs fans right about now?

What’s annoying you is that Charles Davis is a Jets homer.

What are the odds that Zach throws another pick this drive?

Why? It was a second down run. It forced the Fins to take their final TO. Then the Bills took a knee on 3rd and ran the clock down before kicking the FG on 4th. What difference does it make if they kick on second down or forth down?

I noticed that this crew is really pro-Jets during the Jets-Vikings game. I looked it up. Ian Eagle was born and raised in Queens and Charles Davis grew up in West Chester County. The chance of both of them being Jets fans from birth is really high.