Dallas @ Buffalo Postgame Thread

[Warcodered]

2 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

This narrative is killing me…like yes technically you are correct that we can win out and not make it but it is a 1 in thousands chance.  Any one of the below happening gets us in at 11 wins:

any jags loss

Any bengals loss

and colts loss

any Baltimore win 

Miami losing to one of Dallas/baltimore

 Cleveland losing to Houston or nyj

We’d need like 10 games to all go perfectly against us to not get in

if cincy loses to pit Saturday we instantly control our own destiny before our game is even played 

 

The Bills are banging on the door.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

The Bills are banging on the door.

It made me cringe hearing the announcers say we don’t control our own destiny without adding it would take an absolute miracle to keep us out at 11 wins 😂

 

it’s about as close as you can get to controlling your own destiny without technically doing so 

[Inigo Montoya]

 

Great set up for next week, the Phins will be sniffing their own farts all week after skunking the Jets 30-0, and the Cowboys just got humiliated by the Bills in the marquee game of the weekend and will be looking to put things right.  

 

I like it!

 

Go Dallas!!!

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[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

Are people having trouble tonight following the conversation?  OldMan said the Bills haven't had a running performance like that since OJ.  Running.  What difference does it OJ's receiving make in a conversation about Cook's running. 

 

But, if you want to have a conversation about OJ's receiving ability, he was an excellent receiver.  He was a receiver before he became a running back, and as a receiver with the Bills, he was excellent.  He wasn't targeted as often as Thurman, but his yards per reception were better than Thurman's.  His touchdown production as a receiver was better, on a percentage basis, than Thurman's  

 

Great as Thurman was, put OJ in the K-gun and the Bills might have won four Super Bowls in a row.  

 

Shaw, Thanks for your post

 

You said "That was a special performance" not "that was a special running performance".  I get it that you feel that was implied by the previous series of posts, but this isn't software which makes it easy to break out and read sub-threads.

 

In another post, @K-9 helpfully pointed out that running backs of that era weren't often used as receivers, which would be why I didn't remember him as such.

 

Peace out

 

Edited December 18, 2023 by Beck Water

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[chongli]

And now number 3 in the current power rankings from Vikings-USA Today:

 

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-power-rankings-week-16-vikings-tumble-bills-vault-top-3-seahawks-eagles-lions-bengals-steelers-49ers/

Edited December 18, 2023 by chongli

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[Utah John]

1 hour ago, foreboding said:

Kudos!

I think you meant "Jimbo"!!

I think he meant "complementary" although a lot of compliments were due for this game.

[Beck Water]

20 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

 

 

Josh Allen with Spencer Brown: "Let...James....COOK!"

[Utah John]

27 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

It made me cringe hearing the announcers say we don’t control our own destiny without adding it would take an absolute miracle to keep us out at 11 wins 😂

 

it’s about as close as you can get to controlling your own destiny without technically doing so 

What made me cringe was watching the Browns, Texans, and Bengals pull last-minute wins out of their butts.  If any two of the Bears, Titans, or Vikings played like professionals, the Bills would be in a wild card slot already.  (The Browns win was the toughest to take, with a Hail Mary that worked until the receiver didn't hold on to the ball. But, the Bears.)  Those earlier games could be seen as the football gods saying no to the Bills.  Or they could be seen as saying, OK Buffalo do what you should have been doing all season, and be playing your best football when you get in.  

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, Utah John said:

What made me cringe was watching the Browns, Texans, and Bengals pull last-minute wins out of their butts.  If any two of the Bears, Titans, or Vikings played like professionals, the Bills would be in a wild card slot already.  (The Browns win was the toughest to take, with a Hail Mary that worked until the receiver didn't hold on to the ball. But, the Bears.)  Those earlier games could be seen as the football gods saying no to the Bills.  Or they could be seen as saying, OK Buffalo do what you should have been doing all season, and be playing your best football when you get in.  

Yea that was rough but if we had to choose that catastrophic dolphins collapse last week or these wildcard teams dropping back a game I’d take the dolphins loss…we cashed in all our luck on that one is how I’m lookin at it 😂. We got some pretty good help up until this week too 

[Beck Water]

Wow, Stephen A Smith been hitting the "Holiday Cheer"

 

 

4 minutes ago, Utah John said:

What made me cringe was watching the Browns, Texans, and Bengals pull last-minute wins out of their butts.  If any two of the Bears, Titans, or Vikings played like professionals, the Bills would be in a wild card slot already.  (The Browns win was the toughest to take, with a Hail Mary that worked until the receiver didn't hold on to the ball. But, the Bears.)  Those earlier games could be seen as the football gods saying no to the Bills.  Or they could be seen as saying, OK Buffalo do what you should have been doing all season, and be playing your best football when you get in.  

 

I look at it as laying it out for the Bills that they can still control their own destiny, but don't count on any help; get out there, take care of bizness, and get it done.

[ganesh]

5 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Absolutely. Cant wait for the next game. Crazy to think after that Denver game that we'd be so pumped at this point. 

I wish that game could have gone our way

[Motorin']

48 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

It made me cringe hearing the announcers say we don’t control our own destiny without adding it would take an absolute miracle to keep us out at 11 wins 😂

 

it’s about as close as you can get to controlling your own destiny without technically doing so 

 

On the late NFL Network show, MJD said he just doesn't see a way the Bills can make the playoffs even if they win out because of the conference loses. 

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7 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

 

On the late NFL Network show, MJD said he just doesn't see a way the Bills can make the playoffs even if they win out because of the conference loses. 

That's the head injuries talking. 

 

 

[JerseyBills]

1 hour ago, Warcodered said:

 

 

Dodson is BALLING. I feel he's a major key why this D has been dominant,  after losing Milano he has firmly settled in that pivotal role for a McD defense. Him and Bernard are killing it

[SoMAn]

4 hours ago, Mango said:

That’s by far the biggest and maybe only plus from games on fox.

Was the announcer duo their A team?  That was promoted as the game of the week and was being broadcast in every market.
I guessing that with Amazon, NFL network, Peacock, CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN all doing games now, the talent in the booth has been thinned out, leaving Fox with undynamic (boring) announcers. 
I didn’t pay any attention to the music, but have never figured out that silly dancing robot/Iron man graphic or why during the broadcast, when showing player stats, they convert photos of players into cartoons. ???

[oldmanfan]

My comment that we had not run the ball like that since OJ generated some comments.  My point was that, back in the day with OJ, teams knew we were going to run the ball, but couldn’t stop it because OJ was so great and because the Electric Company just blew people off the ball.  
 

Tonight reminded me of that.  The Cowboys knew we were going to run, but it didn’t matter.  The O line was dominant as was Cook. 
 

For those discussing OJ vs. Thurman, OJ was a better pure RB; Thurman a better combination back.  Both incredible players.
 

 

[Houston's #1 Bills Fan]

7 hours ago, IronyAbounds said:

The Texans win against the Titans really hurt in that regard. Both the Texans and Colts are likely to be 10-6 when they meet. Browns have the Jets to get their 10th. Bengals have the Steelers and Browns to get to 10. They all would hold the tie-breaker against the Bills. Colts may be the weakest of those teams and conceivably could lose to Atlanta or LV, and perhaps the Browns could beat the Texans next week, but that only opens up 1 slot for the Bills as a 7 loss team and they need 2.

We're taking the F'ing division!! We don't settle for Wildcard in the Josh era!!