warrior9 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said: Name me ONE YEAR in which we lost as many defenders on a Bills team that we did and won a tough playoff game. I'm sorry, so you're going back THAT FAR to prove a point? Wow, you need some non peed on Cheerios before you post any more nonsense. Explain.. did we find McDermotts burner account? so 9.5 yards per play is acceptable? 9 plays of 20+ yards is acceptable? What’s your angle here? Or are you just so in love with the team you don’t see faults and / or change where it needs to happen. you GENUINELY believe we can win a SB with McDermott? 1 1 Quote
LABILLBACKER Posted January 23 Posted January 23 7 hours ago, warrior9 said: at least he likes god God clearly doesn't like him.... 1 2 Quote
BBFL Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Just because we lost doesn’t mean there isn’t such a thing lol Most teams each season are better @ home than @ opponent. I’d say that alone warrants it Quote
Process Posted January 23 Posted January 23 It's important, but not that important. I would never play starters in week 18 when the only thing on the line is 2 vs 3 seed, for example. I think the chiefs benefited from playing on the road as an underdog yesterday. They definitely had an extra chip on their shoulder. Quote
Billsfanatic8989 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 9 hours ago, FilthyBeast said: Yes and I'll go as far as to say this '13 seconds' Bills would have won the Superbowl in 2021 crap needs to die once and for all as well. Remember, JA17 played the best game of his career that day and it's the only reason the game was close and came down to that to begin with. But it was never some sort of fluke win by Mahomes and the Chiefs. The better team won and they didn't even make the superbowl that year and neither would the Bills have which might be similar scenario if Ravens pull the upset next week. How in the world would that be an upset? They are the 1 seed with best defense and a top offense playing at home. 2 Quote
90sBills Posted January 23 Posted January 23 10 hours ago, FilthyBeast said: Yes and I'll go as far as to say this '13 seconds' Bills would have won the Superbowl in 2021 crap needs to die once and for all as well. Remember, JA17 played the best game of his career that day and it's the only reason the game was close and came down to that to begin with. But it was never some sort of fluke win by Mahomes and the Chiefs. The better team won and they didn't even make the superbowl that year and neither would the Bills have which might be similar scenario if Ravens pull the upset next week. Ravens are favored. Quote
BillMafia716ix Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Playoff football throw all that home field advantage mess out the window. Is it preferred? Yes. The elite QB’s aren’t fazed by it. Quote
PBF81 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 19 hours ago, WhoTom said: Wildcard weekend: 5 out of 6 home teams won. Divisional round: 3 out of 4 home teams won. And last season ... Wildcard weekend: 4 out of 6 home teams won. Divisional round: 3 out of 4 home teams won. We're the only home team to have lost in the Divisional round the past two seasons. 4 hours ago, BillMafia716ix said: Playoff football throw all that home field advantage mess out the window. Is it preferred? Yes. The elite QB’s aren’t fazed by it. Neither are the best coaches. 1 1 Quote
Mr. WEO Posted January 23 Posted January 23 19 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said: So if the Chiefs beat the Ravens, is John Harbaugh suddenly the one who "sh**ts his pant in these games", the very same man that won a Super Bowl?!?!? That was a long time ago…. Quote
Bermuda Triangle Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Given that the Bills under McDermott have failed to win even a single playoff road game, and are 5-2 at home, just maybe there is something to home field advantage. another bizarre take from OP. 1 1 Quote
PBF81 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 18 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said: Normally I am a it's McD's fault person, but NOT THIS TIME... our defense was at 50% and we almost beat Mahomes. They were a MASH unit out there, NO Tre, NO Milano, NO Bernard, Douglas clearly not at 100%, Taron Johnson just coming back right before the game... you are looking for some perfect defensive performance when it's not going to happen! Our entire second half sucked. We averaged 3.6 YPP and failed to make any key adjustments at all, as usual. 3.6!! That was with our perfectly healthy offense. Davis was out, but he sucks and we're better without him we've been lectured. KC did. This loss, contrary to the injury narratives, is on coaching. Our perfectly healthy DL couldn't generate any pressure or stop their run. Their cast of WRs are hardly daunting, it shouldn't have taken Tre in his prime and our starters to handle them, they're backup caliber WRs. Meanwhile, how does a wide open Kelce have anything to do with talent? That might make sense if Elam was on him, but NO ONE was. No talent. He was uncovered. We're didn't even try on that one and several others. And how is it that we play great for a half and collapse in the second half, yet it's talent. If it were talent we'd have been outplayed in the first half too. We did not adjust at all, much less effectively. Once again, McD was playing not to lose and was out-coached. He's not a playoff coach, plain and simple. We can continue to pretend that he is, but that does not change anything. 1 Quote
BarleyNY Posted January 23 Posted January 23 20 hours ago, KDIGGZ said: All we have heard the past 3 seasons is how we need to get the #1 seed and make KC come to Buffalo. After last night's game, can we finally put that myth to bed? The only pre-requisite to winning the Superbowl is making the playoffs. It shouldn't matter if you are the #1 or the #7 seed. The goal should be to be playing your best football at the end of the season and have your team healthy. Division titles don't matter. Nobody cares except for the NFL in creating fake storylines where such and such teams are hated rivals. They are all rivals and they all want to beat each other. We had a home field advantage the past 2 post seasons and we have lost the past 2 post seasons. Whatever fake home field advantage they think we have is a myth and there's a ton of things much more important such as being healthy, executing at a high level, and limiting mistakes. They need to re-prioritize their goals and objectives. Home field seems to be working out okay so far for the Ravens and 49ers. Quote
strive_for_five_guy Posted January 23 Posted January 23 15 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said: Given that the Bills under McDermott have failed to win even a single playoff road game, and are 5-2 at home, just maybe there is something to home field advantage. another bizarre take from OP. The OP also doesn’t seem to understand the biggest value of being the 1 seed is getting a bye week. It’s an automatic “win” and chance to rest guys, rather than get more injuries. Injuries are one thing that came back to bite us. We were relatively healthy heading into Week 18 against Miami. But because we had to play balls out two more weeks in a row (Miami then Pittsburgh), we entered our matchup against KC all banged up. If we had instead taken better care of business earlier in the season, maybe we can rest guys down the stretch, and play the divisional round in better shape. 1 Quote
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted January 23 Posted January 23 You are absolutely correct, but a lot of Bills fans need to feel special, so you will get a lot of pushback despite speaking the truth and the evidence being right in front of them. Did you see Mahomes in the post-game locker room rally? They were galvanized by the so-called disadvantage of playing in front of Bills Mafia, and it only made them perform better. There were no false starts or delays of game, no effect whatsoever from the fans. It was painfully obvious that it was going to play out this way. I warned anyone who would listen to be careful what they wished for, but most everyone laughed at me. Seeing people talk all week about the Chiefs finally having to play here was so painfully cringe. 1 1 1 Quote
Thurman#1 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 22 hours ago, KDIGGZ said: Can We End This Nonsense About Homefield Advantage Now? No, and it ain't nonsense. It's an advantage. But roughly three points. Not more. 1 Quote
K D Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 1 hour ago, Thurman#1 said: No, and it ain't nonsense. It's an advantage. But roughly three points. Not more. And how much of a disadvantage is it for everyone to be hurt by then? Are we rushing people back from injuries to try and win some imaginary division titles that nobody cares about? I'd rather be 7 seed and everyone is healthy. I think they are prioritizing the wrong things Quote
nedboy7 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/23/2024 at 7:36 AM, Thurman#1 said: No, and it ain't nonsense. It's an advantage. But roughly three points. Not more. This is actually the correct answer. No one knows football like Vegas. Quote
LABILLBACKER Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/22/2024 at 11:39 PM, BillMafia716ix said: Playoff football throw all that home field advantage mess out the window. Is it preferred? Yes. The elite QB’s aren’t fazed by it. I agree. It's not just getting the 1 seed but if you can wrap it up after week 17, you can rest/ rehab your starters for nearly 3 weeks. Could you imagine our banged up guys getting that much time to strengthen up. Home field is nice but not necessary. 3 weeks to heal is tantamount. Quote
beerme1 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 YES. Always been over rated. Always fun to enjoy though. Quote
Teddy KGB Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/22/2024 at 10:46 AM, warrior9 said: It's because our coach sh**ts his pant in these games. He's also never won on the road in the play offs, so I believe you are wrong. the guys always wrong. His screen name used to be wrong Josh because he wanted Rosen > Allen 2 Quote
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