Is anyone else starting to feel this year's elimination more than "13 seconds" ???

[BuffaloBaumer]

Nothing will ever be worse than 13 seconds in the history of my watching up the Buffalo Bills. Not even Norwood wide right was worse than that for me. 13 seconds Team was the best to ever take the field and they would’ve rolled to a Super Bowl victory. I will never not believe that the day I die.

 

 

[Logic]

I can't really quantify which one hurt more.

I CAN say that seeing the Ravens be the same old playoff Ravens -- and knowing how well we've matched up with them in the McDermott/Allen era -- made the Bills loss hurt a lot more. I, too, am confident that had the Bills gotten past the Chiefs, they would have beaten the Ravens. 

For what it's worth, I'd also feel really good about the Bills' chances of beating San Fran. 

I actually feel MORE confident that this year's Bills would've beaten the Ravens in the AFCCG than I feel that the 2021 Bills would've beaten the Bengals in the AFCCG. Simply because we've seen how hard a time Allen and the Bills have against Lou Anarumo's defense.

Whatever. I can only live in the "dwelling agonizingly on past defeats" realm for so long. Not good for mental health. I'm on to the Senior Bowl.

[KCNC]

To me, 13 seconds hurt a lot more.  Offense was hot, hot enough to go all the way.  Defense was not too banged up.

 

With this year's loss, I just did not feel like this team could go all the way anyway so was not expecting them to go too far.  Just too many defense injuries and inconsistent offense and special teams.

[st pete gogolak]

13 seconds infinitely worse.  Why?  Because the last 13 seconds - from the screw up on the kickoff to the ridiculous defensive alignments on the following two plays - raised the legitimate question whether this HC and this staff were capable of winning a Super Bowl.  Jury is still out on that (unless the verdict has already been returned).  
 

The other thing. Immediately after 13 seconds, I was convinced we beat Bengals at home and beat Rams in SB.  Do you really believe that now?  I don’t.  Cinci went into Arrowhead and won.  That certainly had the capability to go into Highmark and win.  Same thing this year.  Yeah, Jackson stunk but Ravens D is legit. Close game but 50/50 whether we go on the road and beat the Ravens.

[GerstAusGosheim]

We lost 13 seconds because of Sean's boneheaded decisions. We lost last year because Sean's hand-selected OC scored 10 points. We lost this year because Sean's D couldn't stop chiefs. Hopefully, he's learned at every step and this team can finally reach its potential.

[Teddy KGB]

Na, a loss was expected after watching a few mins of that second half 

 

Mcclappy is always gonna get pantsed.  

[Don Otreply]

No,

[T master]

Not even close !!! That season Josh & the Bills were playing out of their minds & i in my heart of hearts believe if they won that game would have won the SB this season i'm not sure they would have had the fire power or the D to win it all way to many injuries ! 

 

Plus all the usually sure handed players dropping passes you just can't win that way that's why the Ravens & Lions lost you have to play almost mistake free football to be the SB champion and we couldn't do that this season . 

 

I think next season should be really interesting with the O line coming back intact & having Cook & i hope they bring back Ty Johnson he was a good get i wouldn't even mind if they brought back Murray or Fornette if they can on a friendly deal . Hines may be good too .

 

But to think this season i feel worse not so much it does suck to lose and especially in our house but that was for all the marble in the 13 second game this year was just to get to that point . 

[DrDawkinstein]

Nah. This year's exit was pretty much expected. At least for me. With the injuries and having to battle through elimination for the previous 6 weeks, plus having half a working coaching staff, I was pretty sure the Chiefs would kick it into "playoff mode" and roll through.

 

Nothing will be worse than 13 seconds. I'm still not over it. Cant watch highlights from that game. And it has numbed me to any further playoff exits.

 

13 Seconds is now the representation of McDermott I expect to see in playoff games until he proves otherwise. With that, none of these losses hurt. Which is sad.

[ngbills]

13 seconds is embarrassing. Nothing like that may ever happen again in football. Complete failure and incompetence in a playoff game. 

[DrBob806]

No. Last year hurt more than this year.

 

The NFL really tried to appease to the Bills & the static/turmoil that surrounded them (snow game moved to a dome, Hamlin incident), and they simply laid an egg at home vs Cincy. Horrible. 

 

This year I didn't expect anything after losing to middling teams. It does suck, because Baltimore is/was beatable. 

 

It simply was not in the cards this season. 

 

PS- some here are obsessed with Burrow as well, I don't get it. Cincy wasn't going to do anything either, even if he stayed healthy. 

Edited February 1 by DrBob806

[uticaclub]

Not blowing it up after this year hurt alot more than 13 seconds. 13 seconds sucked but the team was 3 years younger and there was more hope for the future

[stlbills13]

I was more upset after 13 seconds but 2 weeks later this one seems to be sticking with me a little more than 13 seconds did

[Big Blitz]

Nope.  Too hurt.  Too many key injuries.  Miracle we even got the 2 seed that’s why I give a ton of credit to McD. 
 

Consensus seems to be among fans the offense lacks firepower and is too reliant on Josh.  
 

The defense was decimated.  
 

The OC was fired mid season.  
 

 

Came back and won the 2 seed.  Only to get further decimated in Round 1 by injury.   
 

That’s not an excuse but it’s a solid explanation I can except the loss - I’m just about f***ing done with these injuries tho.
 

I don’t care if guys are out 3-4 weeks or miss a game or 2.  But my God.  Significant ones to significant guys.  
 

Von - ACL

Tre - ACL, Achilles 

Milano - mangled knee 

Jones - torn pec 

Bernard - high ankle sprain 

Hyde - chronic neck 

 

Give those equivalent injuries to the 49ers Chiefs and Ravens all year and where they would be?  

[The Firebaugh Kid]

We needed to make one more play, and we didn’t. I felt WAY worse after 13 seconds. We were understaffed on D and still were THIS close. I feel great about the future honestly 

[GerstAusGosheim]

Cumulative effect.

 

If you're feeling worse about this year's loss it's because we keep losing over and over when it matters. It's insult to injury.

 

Because honestly, there was nothing worse than losing :13. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Whenever I get too down about these playoff exits, I walk down the street to my Miami Dolphin Fan Neighbor's house and punch him in the stomach.

 

At least we still own them.

[Jauronimo]

Not even close.

[Johnnieo64]

No. The 13 second game by far as we basically gave that one away. Yes. You made some excellent points, and I also  keep thinking if Jones didn’t drive Dawkins into Allen what might have been. But honestly, I knew this would be tough. We had a number of guys out on defense and it was obvious after the game that some of the guys that played should not have been out there. So what do you want vs. a hall of fame coach and QB.  They should have taken advantage of that weakness and did and most likely would have scored at the end. It would have been nice if Bass had made that kick but it is what it is. And it’s clear after the playoff games to me that we are still the closest to beating the Chiefs. Hopefully we can make up the difference next year. 
GO BILLS in 2024!

[TheBrownBear]

I'm over it.  KC was the better team that Sunday, and much of it was due to our defensive injuries which were out of our hands and no ones fault.  I found this one much easier to digest than other losses.  And I have some optimism for the future given what we saw from the likes of Bernard, Benford, Kincaid, Cook, Shakir, Spencer Brown, Torrance and even Spector and Rapp.  Going into this season, I thought things would look bleak for the Bills roster wise in 2024-2025, but I don't feel that way at all now.  If we hit on a few of our draft picks and can make a smart defensive signing or two, we should be ready to roll into this fall as a Super Bowl favorite.