1/19/25 Division Round Playoff Post Game Thread Bills vs. Ravens

[Buffalo03]

2 hours ago, VaMilBill said:

That Ravens team was better than us. They simply made too many errors. Thank God for that

Disagree. If Brady calls a different game, we beat them by 2 scores easily

[stevewin]

On the subject of turnovers/takeaways - it should not be lost how incredible all our skill position players have been to NOT have turnovers.  It's been preached both ways, and truly remarkable they had only had 8 all year, and none in playoffs when tough conditions become a factor.  In a game like today, just one turnover by a Bills rb or wr in tough conditions could have cost the game despite the takeaways.

 

Also - coaching deserves credit for the emphasis on this and the successful execution

Edited 22 hours ago by stevewin

[MikePJ76]

1 minute ago, DapperCam said:

A lot of talking heads in the media voted for Lamar as MVP and 1st team All Pro, so expect a lot of incoherent takes where they claim Lamar played well (even though it was mostly just the final drive). Their egos will be tied to how they voted, and it doesn't feel good to be wrong.

his misses will never get brought up.  He missed a couple of throws to wide open guys.  Had he hit likely on that first play of the final drive he might have gone 60 yards.   If the ravens scored quicker Buffalo would have had to get first downs there at the end to win.

 

 

[Boatdrinks]

2 hours ago, DapperCam said:

By the skin of our teeth!

We’ve lost games by the skin of our teeth so I’ll definitely take a victory. 

[Buffalo03]

2 hours ago, DapperCam said:

I choose to believe that Allen would have led an epic game winning drive even if the Ravens got that 2 point conversion. 1 minute and a half with 2 timeouts? Fuggeddabouttit

Brady would have made sure Allen did just that by handing it off to our RBs and throwing WR screens right down the line of scrimmage the whole drive. I've never seen someone so scared to use an elite QB the right way in my life

[Boatdrinks]

2 hours ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

It will matter next week. That's for sure. Kelce won't fumble and drop a gimme pass. The refs won't gift us a flag (albeit we got screwed earlier). 

 

He has to be much much better.

He does, but this game doesn’t matter one bit for next week. 

[BuffaloBaumer]

I still can’t believe they were in shotgun on third and one at the 2 yard line. I just don’t understand the logic that could possibly go through someone’s brain to make that call. They tried to give the game away and thank goodness they didn’t.

[Governor]

1 minute ago, Buffalo03 said:

Brady would have made sure Allen did just that by handing it off to our RBs and throwing WR screens right down the line of scrimmage the whole drive. I've never seen someone so scared to use an elite QB the right way in my life

Let’s not pretend that McD wasn’t in his ear demanding ball protection/no risk on those drives.

[CincyBillsFan]

7 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

A lot of talking heads in the media voted for Lamar as MVP and 1st team All Pro, so expect a lot of incoherent takes where they claim Lamar played well (even though it was mostly just the final drive). Their egos will be tied to how they voted, and it doesn't feel good to be wrong.

Bingo. 

 

If you flip the stats and the game outcome their take on Allen would be 100% different then the one evolving around Jackson.  Allen makes a lot of these so called "experts" look like fools and nobody wants to be made to look the fool.  I mean after the 2018 draft Allen had the nerve to become an elite QB after a lot of these folks claimed he would be a bust; then they claimed that sure he was good but he was also flawed with a reckless streak that would forever keep him from winning the big games, and now they're busy rewriting the conventional wisdom around QB TO's in big games.  It wears you out after a while.

 

 

 

 

[Taro Nimbus]

I find it ironic that a Bills vs Eagles Super Bowl would complete the NFC East Super Bowl bingo card for the Bills.  😂

[Royale with Cheese]

 

[Boatdrinks]

2 hours ago, VaMilBill said:

That Ravens team was better than us. They simply made too many errors. Thank God for that

And that’s the playoffs. You only have to find a way to be better that day. Baltimore’s regular season didn’t do anything for them tonight. 

Just now, Taro Nimbus said:

I find it ironic that a Bills vs Eagles Super Bowl would complete the NFC East Super Bowl bingo card for the Bills.  😂

Rematch with Washington is coming. Eagles won’t be there. 

[Rocky Landing]

Rapp being injured is a problem. He is our best safety. I'll have to re-watch the game, and really key onto Bishop, but my initial impression was that he wasn't bad, but still pretty unpolished. Had at least one decent tackle, and was in on some others. It makes me wish they has given him more playing time during the regular season. The notion of Hamlin/Bishop as our starting safeties vs. KC is concerning.

[Herc11]

51 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

yea I am listening to this still.

 

Do they like the bills?  it sounds like they have something else to do.  

 

Hopefully tomorrow is great on wgr

Schopp isn't a football fan, period. I truly don't understand how he's kept that job so long in that city. I know hockey is big in Buffalo, but the Buffalo is a football town first.

[CincyBillsFan]

Just now, Boatdrinks said:

And that’s the playoffs. You only have to find a way to be better that day. Baltimore’s regular season didn’t do anything for them tonight. 

Yep, just ask Detroit.  And while I hate them with all my heart I'm also beginning to understand how the Chiefs approach these games.  We are becoming more and more like the Chiefs whch isn't a bad thing.

 

 

[Malazan]

I like the takes coming out.. "Ravens were the better team and would have won if it wasn't for the turnovers and drops!"

 

That pesky reality always getting in the way.

[Buffalo03]

7 minutes ago, Governor said:

Let’s not pretend that McD wasn’t in his ear demanding ball protection/no risk on those drives.

Ok. But that still doesn't mean you have to be THAT conservative 

[HurlyBurly51]

 

[NickelCity]

How about the refs flat out stealing a possession/points from us by turning a 3rd and 2 into a 2nd and 17 and out of range. 

 

Eff. That. 

[DaVinci]

1 minute ago, Malazan said:

Ravens were the better team and would have won if it wasn't for the turnovers and drops!"

 

 How is it that the team with turnovers and drops is the "better team"