Wow that game sucked

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

Jesus Christ, i can't imagine you or 50% kf these people during the drought. i would swear you'd be happier. tf did you expect?

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 hours ago, DrPJax said:

Amen!   Horrible game from a team that plays down to bad teams.  Human nature I guess.   Classic Mcd team against bad teams.  This is why he is hard to fathom winning a Lombardi.  They always tend to let down along the way , while KC Looks like they are improving.  Merry Christmas tho.  Not good for one’s mental health to ever question things after a win , even tho we’ve never won the one a coach is hired to win!  lol.  

Lol I still don’t understand how we’re always in the top of the point differential and have more double digit wins than anybody if it’s a mcd-specific thing that we play bad against bad teams 😂.

 

this is one mcd criticism that I’m gonna say is flat out wrong.  If anything we are one of if not the most consistent team in the league against lesser opponents.  Of course we can go down the road of ‘what does how you play against teams like that matter’ in response and that’s a fair point but you can rest easy if your only concern is how we play against bad teams lol

 

these ‘down to the level of your opponents’ games are happening to other teams more often than us but nobody here pays attention 

Edited 13 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Sojourner]

Just now, Kenosha2Buffalo said:

Jesus Christ, i can't imagine you or 50% kf these people during the drought. i would swear you'd be happier. tf did you expect?

lol

 

on one hand I agree with you. The other? We are spoilt. There’s not an expectation during those drought years to win. That was just an added bonus. 
 

The drought years were enjoyable. 

 

These years with Josh are as much memorable as they are enjoyable. 
 

Big difference to me at least. 

[CincyBillsFan]

Just now, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Lol I still don’t understand how we’re always in the top of the point differential and have more double digit wins than anybody if it’s a mcd-specific thing that we play bad against bad teams 😂.

 

this is one mcd criticism that I’m gonna say is flat out wrong.  If anything we are one of if not the most consistent team in the league against lesser opponents.  Of course we can go down the road of ‘what does how you play against teams like that matter’ in response and that’s a fair point but you can rest easy if you’re only concern is how we play against bad teams lol

 

these ‘down to the level of your opponents’ games are happening to other teams more often than us but nobody here pays attention 

It is odd but I think there is an impression that this is true about McD because of how some of the games start.  Think about falling behind Arizona 17 - 3 in the 2nd quarter and Tennessee 10 - 0 in the 2nd quarter.  We went on to blow the Titans out 34 -10 though. 

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

Just now, Sojourner said:

lol

 

on one hand I agree with you. The other? We are spoilt. There’s not an expectation during those drought years to win. That was just an added bonus. 
 

The drought years were enjoyable. 

 

These years with Josh are as much memorable as they are enjoyable. 
 

Big difference to me at least. 

 

we are indeed spoiled. i just don't get how you complain after a loss

 it's like crying after winning a scratch off

 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

3 hours ago, Einstein said:

That game was miserable to watch.

 

- Refs willed NE into the endzone multiple times.

 

- Allen hurts his throwing hand

 

- Shakir forgot how to catch

 

- Our special teams sucks at EVERYTHING. They are bad at kickoff coverage, they can’t down a punt inside the five, and they nearly give up an onside kick for the second week in a row. 

 

- Every time we blitzed Maye, he folded like a cheap tent. He clearly could not handle the pressure. So what does Babich do in key moments? He rushes 4 and drops everyone back into a shell. WHY!? For fug sake, WHY? Make it make sense

 

 

Did Allen hurt his hand or his elbow?

 

Postgame he said hit in the elbow again and hand went numb for 15-20 minutes. 
 

Said he has no pain now.

 

Unless we’re not believing that. 
 

He threw it 50-yards to the end zone no problem so is the shoulder hurt? 

[GolfandBills]

Just now, Kenosha2Buffalo said:

 

we are indeed spoiled. i just don't get how you complain after a loss

 it's like crying after winning a scratch off

 

Today was like winning $1 on a $20 scratcher.  Just throw it somewhere and forget about it 

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

Just now, GolfandBills said:

Today was like winning $1 on a $20 scratcher.  Just throw it somewhere and forget about it 

 

that would be considered a loss sir

[Sojourner]

Just now, Kenosha2Buffalo said:

 

we are indeed spoiled. i just don't get how you complain after a loss

 it's like crying after winning a scratch off

 

Im with you. But like Wilson from Home Improvement. I’ve heard and looked over the fence long enough to understand the disappointment enough to get it. 
 

We’ve all caught ourself being unhappy with something out of the 16 and now 17 games in a season. That part is accentuated when you’ve got a generational talent that might not get himself, the team and the fan base whats played and watched for during a season

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, Sojourner said:

lol

 

on one hand I agree with you. The other? We are spoilt. There’s not an expectation during those drought years to win. That was just an added bonus. 
 

The drought years were enjoyable. 

 

These years with Josh are as much memorable as they are enjoyable. 
 

Big difference to me at least. 

Some of the specific points people are making are nonsensical but I get what you’re saying overall haha. I think a lot of people don’t watch a lot of other teams play consistently so they think some of this negative stuff is unique to the bills when it very much isn’t. 
 

bad teams go down swinging a lot more often than most here are insinuating for one current example.  The insane run we had of double digit wins definitely spoiled people.  This whole ‘how can a game come down to an onside kick/ td with little to no time left’ thing I’ve been hearing recently is hilarious 😂. Any game with a required late onside kick is not particularly close 

[Kenosha2Buffalo]

1 minute ago, Sojourner said:

Im with you. But like Wilson from Home Improvement. I’ve heard and looked over the fence long enough to understand the disappointment enough to get it. 
 

We’ve all caught ourself being unhappy with something out of the 16 and now 17 games in a season. That part is accentuated when you’ve got a generational talent that might not get himself, the team and the fan base whats played and watched for during a season

 

fair enough. i appreciate the home improvement reference lol 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

8 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

It is odd but I think there is an impression that this is true about McD because of how some of the games start.  Think about falling behind Arizona 17 - 3 in the 2nd quarter and Tennessee 10 - 0 in the 2nd quarter.  We went on to blow the Titans out 34 -10 though. 

I’m not disputing that it happens at all, it just happens to other teams more.  A lot of people on this board have just lost the context because they don’t follow what other teams are doing. The chiefs won just about every game like this.  The lions a few weeks before we played them got taken down to the wire by the bears.  It’s incredibly common at this level of football 

Edited 13 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[CincyBillsFan]

4 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I’m not disputing that it happens at all, it just happens to other teams more.  A lot of people on this board have just lost the context because they don’t follow what other teams are doing. The chiefs won just about every game like this.  The lions a few weeks before we played them got taken down to the wire by the bears.  It’s incredibly common at this level of football. 

Agree 100%.  What was new today IMO was that as poorly as they played we won the game.  Think last years NE game or the 2022 Jets game or the infamous Jacksonville game where a crappy performance resulted in heartbreaking and completely inexplicable losses. This like much of what we're seeing this season is something different and in a good way.

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by CincyBillsFan

[GASabresIUFan]

3 hours ago, Einstein said:

That game was miserable to watch.

 

- Refs willed NE into the endzone multiple times.

 

- Allen hurts his throwing hand

 

- Shakir forgot how to catch

 

- Our special teams sucks at EVERYTHING. They are bad at kickoff coverage, they can’t down a punt inside the five, and they nearly give up an onside kick for the second week in a row. 

 

- Every time we blitzed Maye, he folded like a cheap tent. He clearly could not handle the pressure. So what does Babich do in key moments? He rushes 4 and drops everyone back into a shell. WHY!? For fug sake, WHY? Make it make sense

 

 

and they still won.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFan said:

and they still won.

I can’t figure out this officiating sh*t at all…like the dpis late sure that could go either way depending on the ref but it seems like just when we’re about to put away a game there’s a few straight up phantom ol holds and a blown false start out of nowhere 😂. It’s really strange.

They don’t pull that stuff on kc 

 

[GASabresIUFan]

1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I can’t figure out this officiating sh*t at all…like the dpis late sure that could go either way depending on the ref but it seems like just when we’re about to put away a game there’s a few straight up phantom ol holds and a blown false start out of nowhere 😂. It’s really strange.

They don’t pull that stuff on kc 

 

Some very suspect officiating the last couple of games.  There were a couple phantom calls in both games that kept opponents in the game and no they don't do that to KC.

[billsfan89]

Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Yes the Bills got punched in the mouth to start the game down 14-0 but after the Bills cut the lead to 14-7 at the half (with the ball to start the second half) it never felt like the Bills weren't gonna come away with the game. Bills were up two possessions until the final minutes of the game and all they needed to do was recover an onsides kick and get a first down to end the game both of which they did and neither was a tall task. 

[Boatdrinks]

25 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Lol I still don’t understand how we’re always in the top of the point differential and have more double digit wins than anybody if it’s a mcd-specific thing that we play bad against bad teams 😂.

 

this is one mcd criticism that I’m gonna say is flat out wrong.  If anything we are one of if not the most consistent team in the league against lesser opponents.  Of course we can go down the road of ‘what does how you play against teams like that matter’ in response and that’s a fair point but you can rest easy if your only concern is how we play against bad teams lol

 

these ‘down to the level of your opponents’ games are happening to other teams more often than us but nobody here pays attention 

Yup. It can’t be that McD feasts on bad opponents while also playing down to them. Which one is it ? 

[Mike in Horseheads]

Winning and being 12-3 sucks

[Warcodered]

1 hour ago, Comebackkid said:

neither of those were all that clear until u looked at the replay 

Yeah it just seemed with any of those close calls on the field it only ever really seemed to go one way, and only got fixed when it went to review. Hell on the endlessly flag extended TD they tried to give them a TD early until they reviewed it and not try again.