plenzmd1 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Generally true... but. After Nate's pick-6 made it 17-16 Bills, Drew led the offense on a long, time-consuming drive. The Steelers were on the way to bus running... but the drive stalled, and Lindell missed a chip shot FG (this led to a high point in the "Lindell sucks... TD refuses to let him go because he is an egomaniac" meme on TBD). The very first play after the miss, which was hugely deflating, Wille Parker breaks a long run that leads to a Stillers FG. Instead of 20-16, it is now 19-17 Stillers. Then comes the Bledsoe sack fumble (the play that essentially ended any chance that he would be back in 2005) and the rest is history. It all hinged on 2 consecutive plays. So narrow is the margin between victory and defeat in the NFL. STOP IT , you have just brought back every painful memory from that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 STOP IT , you have just brought back every painful memory from that game Welcome to my nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Generally true... but. After Nate's pick-6 made it 17-16 Bills, Drew led the offense on a long, time-consuming drive. The Steelers were on the way to bus running... but the drive stalled, and Lindell missed a chip shot FG (this led to a high point in the "Lindell sucks... TD refuses to let him go because he is an egomaniac" meme on TBD). The very first play after the miss, which was hugely deflating, Wille Parker breaks a long run that leads to a Stillers FG. Instead of 20-16, it is now 19-17 Stillers. Then comes the Bledsoe sack fumble (the play that essentially ended any chance that he would be back in 2005) and the rest is history. It all hinged on 2 consecutive plays. So narrow is the margin between victory and defeat in the NFL. You're forgetting the very ticky tack holding call on Josh Reed prior to the missed FG attempt by Lindell. If that doesn't get called, it's first down for the Bills at the five (or something like that--Bledsoe completed a pass to I forget who. It may have been Reed himself). Instead, it was third down all over and they didn't convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 You're forgetting the very ticky tack holding call on Josh Reed prior to the missed FG attempt by Lindell. If that doesn't get called, it's first down for the Bills at the five (or something like that--Bledsoe completed a pass to I forget who. It may have been Reed himself). Instead, it was third down all over and they didn't convert. Good point dave. I vaguely remembered that there was some piece of bad fortune that had stalled the drive leading to the Lindell miss, but had managed to block that particular detail out. All of that is further proof of just how narrow the margin is. Now, one could say that the Bills should have not let it be that close, but the truth is the 2004 Stillers were a very good team, even with many starters on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) I was at that game and it was horrible. Cowher was trying to lose so Mularkey could make the playoffs. For all intents and purposes, they called only one running play on offense ... and Bills still couldn't stop it. The air was really let out of the balloon when Lindell missed a short FG that would have put them ahead by 4 after a long drive. And then Bledsoe sealed the deal with some sloppy throws. But it was really the Lindell miss that gave the game an awful fatalistic tone. Edited January 6, 2011 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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