Bengals @ Bills - Post Game Thread - January 22, 2023 - NFL Divisional Round Playoffs

[Buffbills716]

1 minute ago, peterpan said:

We did better than last week.

 

im shocked people didn’t see this coming.  We’ve played like crap since early November.  We finally played a good team and got smacked.

Amen to that!

[Solomon Grundy]

13 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Joe Mixon was picking up 6 yards a carry a QBs life is very very easy when that happens 

But it's not the RB, just build a better offensive line.... 😂

[UKBillFan]

2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea but that was a tight game that we stupidly found a way to lose. I mean like the 2019 Eagles game or the 2020 Tennessee game or the 2021 Colts game. Games where we are just not competitive. 

 

The Bills have had one every season. Earlier in the year I was worried it was coming in certain games, especially early on with the supposed tough start. I'd forgotten about that one game mess-the-bed pattern that the Bills have, until now. Unfortunately today was the day.

[Sisyphean Bills]

Not really coaching. We're just not good enough in the trenches and the defensive secondary was decimated. Both the OL and DL were underwhelming and got overwhelmed far too often. I don't think this team was built to play in snow and slush, which is odd, but there it is.

[Gunsgoodtime]

1 minute ago, Best Williams Available said:

Frazier’s D scheme cannot work without DL pressure. It’s not a chicken or egg question. Both have failed because they rely on each other.

In your analysis both have failed.  Very disappointing but I can see your point

[Dan Darragh]

44 minutes ago, Process said:

What's going on here? I missed it on the broadcast. If he's actually yelling at Allen I would have liked to see Allen get up and tell him to STFU.

 

 

Those 2 were carping at each other all day

[0017]

Just now, BuffaninSarasota said:

How is Diggs becoming a problem? Please explain …..

The last what 5 or 6 games he’s been yelling at Josh in the game and on the sidelines! He did it again today! It feels like the Vikings situation all over again. 

[ngbills]

We were worse than Tyler Huntley’s Ravens

[WideNine]

2 minutes ago, Buffbills716 said:

For all those who said an ugly win is a win, well it came back to haunt us today!

 

Even felt like some of the players were using that mantra to avoid facing some hard questions about issues in their game that needed to be taken seriously.

 

Who knows, but I do know that the odds are against teams being able to wing their way into a championship.

 

They usually crash into a team that is just playing more consistently in all phases and lose.

 

 

 

 

[DapperCam]

19 minutes ago, HurlyBurly51 said:

Amazing, at the beginning of the season praise was being heaped by pundits for having the most complete roster, to this.

We had a lot of injuries on defense to be fair, and players on offense regressed.

Edited January 22, 2023 by DapperCam

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, ngbills said:

We were worse than Tyler Huntley’s Ravens

Ouch. True, but ... ouch.

[BIGFOOTspaceman]

I am literally on the edge of my seat and will be for some time how the Bills are going to address the O Line. I’m not expecting much. Probably more of the same next year. 

[UKBillFan]

8 minutes ago, 0017 said:

Diggs is good! But I think he’s becoming a problem, I’d try to trade him this offseason. What could we get for him? 

 

The only way Diggs becomes a problem is if a ten second snipe on the sidelines results in a complete breakdown in his relationship with Josh, which I can't imagine happening.

[cgang]

We quit mid/late third and early fourth quarter.  Never thought I would see that at home in OP.   That’s what I hate the most.  I can deal with losing.  I can’t deal with these guys giving up. 

Edited January 22, 2023 by cgang

[DapperCam]

9 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

McD isn't the best HC in the NFL, but he is one of the top 5 or 10.  

 

People calling for his head are like the people calling for Tony Dungy's head in Tampa.  In Tampa, they didn't believe Dungy could win a Super Bowl despite his success getting his team into the playoffs.   So, after Tampa canned him, Dungy won the Lombardi for Indy instead.  

Lol, I think you missed what happened in Tampa after they got rid of Dungy.

[White Linen]

Look at how this 49ers team is coached.  It's so impressive. 

[Sandhill Mike]

2 minutes ago, ngbills said:

We were worse than Tyler Huntley’s Ravens

 

I know what you mean... but that was Jim Harbaugh's Ravens... in my opinion, he's the best coach in the AFC, maybe the NFL.

[Nelius]

Was Von on the sidelines? Not his job to coach kids but it just occurred to me how little he may have been involved after the injury. Team has some issues man 

[Best Williams Available]

Just now, Gunsgoodtime said:

In your analysis both have failed.  Very disappointing but I can see your point

Yeah I think so. His D can work with pressure but it hasn’t materialized, which is Beane’s fault.

So you’re now forced to find a D scheme that can work with the players we have rather than getting the best DC and trying to force our pieces to work in their scheme. Forcing bad/good pieces into good/bad schemes was the recipe during the drought years.

[BananaB]

12 minutes ago, Meatloaf63 said:

Control the hero ball, third and two in your own end you don’t lob 30 yard passes in a snow storm. You get the first down. You all said no problem last week we scored over 30 points. Well this week exposed the flaw in your thinking. It’s a combination of play design and hero ball mixed with a pathetic o line. Recipe for play of disaster. 

It would have been a first down if Gabe held onto the ***** ball. Can’t blame the qb for that. The ball was there to make a play and it was dropped. Would it make you feel better if he threw it 3 yards and it was dropped?