Bills got every single break last night

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I have never seen anything like it, but I believe the Bills got every single “break” last night. It really felt like a curse was broken. Consider just these plays:

 

1) Allen tries to throw the ball away, yet amazingly Knox catches it for a TD (an extraordinarily difficult catch too).

 

2) McKenzie apparently fumbled the opening kickoff, but it went harmlessly

out of bounds.

 

3) Milano tips a ball, and Wallace makes a diving interception off of it.

 

4) punt hits Neal in the foot, and Hyde was able to not only recover it, but then run it back 50 yards. 

 

5) Doinked in PAT by Bass.
 

6) several wide open patriots just dropped balls. 
 

 

We played a great game in every way. But it was nice to get those good luck bounces for once. 

[Evian]

Good teams make their own breaks.  

[DJB]

Do the Pats get a comp pick now because of it? 

[Southern Bills Fan]

Yeah, those breaks have never gone against us before. 🙄

[ddaryl]

I don't think Allen was throwing that football to Knox away. He was just putting it to a place where only Knox could go up and make the grab. Beautiful toss pretty catch IMO

[fergie's ire]

Agree with most...but the throw to Knox was not a throw away.  I have looked at the replay a lot and Josh floats the ball and it drops to where Knox could grab it. If it's a throwaway, he guns it.  Was really an amazing touch pass.

 

[NewEra]

5 hours ago, ddaryl said:

I don't think Allen was throwing that football to Knox away. He was just putting it to a place where only Knox could go up and make the grab. Beautiful toss pretty catch IMO

Definitely intended for knox.  Unreal.  That play was the beginning of a beautiful evening. 
 

edit:  or definitely a throwaway and knox made himself a helluva play

Edited January 16, 2022 by NewEra

[ddaryl]

1 minute ago, fergie's ire said:

Agree with most...but the throw to Knox was not a throw away.  I have looked at the replay a lot and Josh floats the ball and it drops to where Knox could grab it. If it's a throwaway, he guns it.  Was really an amazing touch pass.

 

Just found this post where I guess Allen said he was actually throwing it away. 
 

 

[PirateHookerMD]

3 minutes ago, ddaryl said:

I don't think Allen was throwing that football to Knox away. He was just putting it to a place where only Knox could go up and make the grab. Beautiful toss pretty catch IMO

 

He said after the game he was trying to throw it away and was so confused why everyone was celebrating. 

[PonyBoy]

 The Bills play 3 more games like last night.... & I like our chances to hoist the Lombardi.😃

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, fergie's ire said:

Agree with most...but the throw to Knox was not a throw away.  I have looked at the replay a lot and Josh floats the ball and it drops to where Knox could grab it. If it's a throwaway, he guns it.  Was really an amazing touch pass.

 

 

Just now, NewEra said:

Definitely intended for knox.  Unreal.  That play was the beginning of a beautiful evening. 

Amazingly, it was a throwaway, per Josh.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/josh-allen-first-td-pass-was-a-throwaway-i-had-no-idea-dawson-knox-caught-it/

[ddaryl]

Just now, PonyBoy said:

 The Bills play 3 more games like last night.... & I like our chances to hoist the Lombardi.😃

I would say that was a team I expected to see more often this season. The run blocking was impressive... Motor was impressive, Josh was dialed in, and the Defense was solid all the way around

[MasterStrategist]

7 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I have never seen anything like it, but I believe the Bills got every single “break” last night. It really felt like a curse was broken. Consider just these plays:

 

1) Allen tries to throw the ball away, yet amazingly Knox catches it for a TD (an extraordinarily difficult catch too).

 

2) McKenzie apparently fumbled the opening kickoff, but it went harmlessly

out of bounds.

 

3) Milano tips a ball, and Wallace makes a diving interception off of it.

 

4) punt hits Neal in the foot, and Hyde was able to not only recover it, but then run it back 50 yards. 

 

5) Doinked in PAT by Bass.
 

6) several wide open patriots just dropped balls. 
 

 

We played a great game in every way. But it was nice to get those good luck bounces for once. 

I was at the game and thinking the exact same thing.  Great post!

 

I'd add the Micah interception, never seen a FS cover that ground and make such a great catch!  Especially after the Pats converted back to back 3rd downs, which were exactly what they did against us in NE to keep the game close.  That definitely was a huge swing in momentum.

 

To clarify #2, they did announce at the game that McKenzie was ruled down by contact on that opening kickoff.

[fergie's ire]

Just now, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

Amazingly, it was a throwaway, per Josh.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/josh-allen-first-td-pass-was-a-throwaway-i-had-no-idea-dawson-knox-caught-it/

Really?!  That is surprising.  It does not look like a throw away at all.

 

[Buffalo Boy]

    Thought this was one of those shade posts on the “ Down low” at first😜

    I can’t state strongly enough that this is the way it ALWAYS seemed to be for the Brady Pats and KC the last two years.

    KC was not getting those bounces a lot this year and suddenly Mahomes looked human.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Trying to recall the 4 incompletions he threw, believe all were in the first half;

 

One to Diggs was very low early in the game

 

One to Davis, think he more  dropped, could have should have caught?

 

Don't recall the Sanders miss

 

Don't recall the Singletary miss?

[May Day 10]

If Jackson only held onto that interception 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

I was at the game and thinking the exact same thing.  Great post!

 

I'd add the Micah interception, never seen a FS cover that ground and make such a great catch!  Especially after the Pats converted back to back 3rd downs, which were exactly what they did against us in NE to keep the game close.  That definitely was a huge swing in momentum.

 

To clarify #2, they did announce at the game that McKenzie was ruled down by contact on that opening kickoff.

Agreed re that Hyde interception. 
 

Re the McKenzie fumble, the CBS broadcast was hopeless. They didn’t tell us anything about that or many other plays. Very few replays. A few times they were late even telling us about a penalty. 

[NewEra]

5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

 

Amazingly, it was a throwaway, per Josh.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/josh-allen-first-td-pass-was-a-throwaway-i-had-no-idea-dawson-knox-caught-it/

Lol.  I stand corrected!  Haven’t watched the any lost game Ints yet

[Buffalo Boy]

49 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Trying to recall the 4 incompletions he threw, believe all were in the first half;

 

One to Diggs was very low early in the game

 

One to Davis, think he more  dropped, could have should have caught?

 

Don't recall the Sanders miss

 

Don't recall the Singletary miss?

I’m rewatching the first half right now. Josh intentionally puts one into the turf in front of Beasely on the first drive in triple coverage.

 

Tipped ball at the line at three minute mark in first quarter.

 

Diggs drops a low one two plays later

 

High and behind Davis with a lot of zip at the 13:20 mark in the 3 rd

Edited January 16, 2022 by Buffalo Boy