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I was wondering anyone recognized it!

I'm speaking out of turn because I didn't do the research, but my impression is that Bass is reliable when the Bills are in charge of the game but chokes in a close game when the team really needs the points. I wonder if reality bears out my impression.

Right, but I think that drive actually supports my point. Allen threw a perfect ball to Gabe Davis, who evidently failed to adjust his route given the situation, if reports are to believed. If that's the case, Allen DID come through, again, and his team failed him, again. I'm not trying to be an Allen homer, but I've been watching football since the O.J. Simpson era, and I've never seen a more gifted QB than Allen. He also has competitive fire. He just needs a team and coaching staff that's good enough, and the Super Bowl victories should follow. But they haven't been good enough. Last night is just the latest example. No one, not even Saint Patrick, can win Super Bowls with the team and coaches Allen has had. The Bills record is as good as it is because of him.

I was referring to Super Bowl LIV, when he was 26/43 with two TDs and two interceptions. Named MVP. In three SB appearances, he has 5 TDs and 4 interceptions, yet he's considered the best QB in the league because his team won two of them. If he had lost them with the same stats, or even far superior ones, he would not be considered a potential GOAT. Like Marino, Allen cannot make up for the team around him, no matter how well he plays. Last night, he produced over 400 yards and 4 TDs, and people here and everywhere are dwelling on his one interception. As you say, what a loser.

So unfair. Your team wins and everything is rosy. Your team loses, even if you play like a HOF inductee, someone will always, without fail, find something you did wrong. Mahomes won Super Bowl MVP after a mediocre performance that would have been roundly condemned if his team had lost. "A few key passes" means if he had played a better game than any QB in the history of the game. What a loser!

A perfect comparison. He's not a winner. He's just along for the Josh Allen ride, and he's slowing down the train.

McDermott is just not head coach material. I'm not sure I'd want him as defensive coordinator, either. His soft defense when the game is on the line disgusts me. He plays not to lose. He's a weak man, terrified people will realize he's a fraud.

How come I have no faith in McDermott's defense?

The refs' wives switched their families' bets to the Bills at halftime.

The Bills are going to win this.

McDermott's Prevent the Bills Winning defense strategy.

13 second is all they need.

Me, too. Prevent defense all the way to the Bills 35 yard line with 50 seconds left.

They can still win, but, damn, that is so ugly to let the Eagles take the lead. This is like the New England game.

Two guys against one and they let the one guy catch it. Reminds me of the Cardinals game. When the stakes are highest, the Bills defense folds like tent.

That was not a championship-caliber defense playing.

Defense is playing like they've been on the field all day instead of the bench.

Long drive by Philly coming up. That's ok.

Too blatant to call 25 penalties for one side on one for the other. Had to slow down.

14 points by a 9-1 team is perfectly fine. Not so fine was the Bills not scoring even a field goal on that last drive. Shades of Dorsey's last five games, where their efficiency was excellent but they couldn't score. They got to get over that on this next drive. Turning point coming up.

With the refs eager to help the Eagles, the Bills just have to score at every opportunity. If it's close at the end, the refs will make sure the Eagles win, even if the Eagles don't really care very much, which seems to be the case.

The refs considered calling defensive holding to wipe out the fumble but knew they couldn't get away with it.

What, is the mob involved? Payoffs to the refs? This is truly outrageous. Ignore the horsecollar and call intentional grounding.

I'd like to see a sweep here. Or a naked bootleg.

Allen is playing well. Cook, Kincaid and now Davis have all dropped balls, while Sherfield was mugged.