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

[Sojourner]

1 minute ago, Malazan said:

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.

They were the better team dude. It’s acknowledging your opponent. That isn’t the same as deserving to win. They didn’t. They turned the ball over. You don’t deserve to win anything if you can’t take care of the football and your opponent can. 
 

Hopefully we take advantage of the huge opportunity Mark Andrews and the Ravens have given us. 

[Beck Water]

Injuries.  Is there a summary of observed injuries anywhere yet?

 

Taylor Rapp getting carted out with a hip injury and not able to return, is bg

Taron Johnson shoulder injury, was able to come back in the game

Terrel Bernard, seemed like his quad was tightening, he was seen running a massager on it on the sideline

 

Connor McGovern, shoulder

 

Others?

[Boatdrinks]

2 hours ago, Einstein said:

 

Yes. Play-calling was awful at times.

Man, I was not feeling that toss play to Cook and Brady kept going to it. Just wasn’t the defense that was going to work on. Seemed more of a Ty Johnson/ Davis game to me. 

[Ralonzo]

5 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said:

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.

 

If only we knew where to find a safety with experience in this system.

 

[JP51]

19 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

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

Brady was totally unimpressive 

[Beck Water]

1 minute ago, Sojourner said:

They were the better team dude. It’s acknowledging your opponent. That isn’t the same as deserving to win. They didn’t. They turned the ball over. You don’t deserve to win anything if you can’t take care of the football and your opponent can. 
 

Hopefully we take advantage of the huge opportunity Mark Andrews and the Ravens have given us. 

 

I respect acknowledging one's opponent, but dude.  Those turnovers ....they weren't carelessness or flukiness.  They didn't give them to us.  We Took Them.

[TheWeatherMan]

2 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

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. 

They made up for it with the bogus DPI against Tre that’s gave us a TD. 

[Malazan]

2 minutes ago, DaVinci said:

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

 

Not sure why you cut out this part of my post specifically like I said it.

[Special K]

So that's why Moorman was there.....🤣

 

 

[Sojourner]

Just now, Beck Water said:

 

I respect acknowledging one's opponent, but dude.  Those turnovers ....they weren't carelessness or flukiness.  They didn't give them to us.  We Took Them.

lmfao what are you on about? 

[Malazan]

2 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

They were the better team dude. It’s acknowledging your opponent. That isn’t the same as deserving to win. They didn’t. They turned the ball over. You don’t deserve to win anything if you can’t take care of the football and your opponent can. 
 

Hopefully we take advantage of the huge opportunity Mark Andrews and the Ravens have given us. 

 

I disagree with your take. The Bills have limited turnovers and taken turnovers all season long. I'm not sure why they "don't count" as part of the game the Bills play.

[Cheektowaga Chad]

6 minutes ago, DaVinci said:

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

It's the same way that the team where their key and most important part to winning is how the running back plays but their QB is hands down the MVP of the league 

 

In other words makes zero logical sense 

Edited 21 hours ago by Cheektowaga Chad

[PromoTheRobot]

I just got to my hotel in Rochester. I understand there are still people trying to get home from the game. 

 

The Bills kind of stole one here. That Ravens defense was the best we've played all year. They kept us to just 6 points in the second half.

 

That said, if you puke up the ball three times and drop a game tying catch, you deserved to lose. 

 

Go Bills. Beat KC. Not done yet 

[RiotAct]

2 minutes ago, Special K said:

So that's why Moorman was there.....🤣

 

 

LOL that was some B.S. right there

[Beck Water]

3 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

lmfao what are you on about? 

 

Seriously?  This is what you said:

6 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

They were the better team dude. It’s acknowledging your opponent. That isn’t the same as deserving to win. They didn’t. They turned the ball over. You don’t deserve to win anything if you can’t take care of the football and your opponent can. 
 

Hopefully we take advantage of the huge opportunity Mark Andrews and the Ravens have given us. 

[Cheektowaga Chad]

Love McDermott taking a shot at the "City of losers" comment 

[Boatdrinks]

5 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I respect acknowledging one's opponent, but dude.  Those turnovers ....they weren't carelessness or flukiness.  They didn't give them to us.  We Took Them.

First one was an airmail ( under pressure though ) but fumbles were not fluky at all. 

[Sojourner]

Just now, Malazan said:

 

I disagree with your take. The Bills have limited turnovers and taken turnovers all season long. I'm not sure why they "don't count" as part of the game the Bills play.

I didn’t say they didn’t count. At all. Where are you taking that spin from?

 

they had a turnover in scoring territory and the andrews fumble right on the edge of it. 
They had several drops. One which pretty much sealed the game barring an onside kick. 
 

They were in far more opportunities to put the game to bed but didn’t.
 

Like I said in another post, as much as I hate to say it they were the better team, not by much but were. 
 

To the other response, they didn’t deserve to win as they turned the ball over and we didn’t. 

[Beck Water]

8 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

Injuries.  Is there a summary of observed injuries anywhere yet?

 

Taylor Rapp getting carted out with a hip injury and not able to return, is bg

Taron Johnson shoulder injury, was able to come back in the game

Terrel Bernard, seemed like his quad was tightening, he was seen running a massager on it on the sideline

 

Connor McGovern, shoulder

 

Others?

 

Possibly Rousseau and Benford?

 

I will say, that playing a game on turf in that kind of cold is brutal on the body.  It's basically like playing on concrete.  The rubber pellets underneath the turf get hard and inflexible in the cold.

[Boatdrinks]

2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I just got to my hotel in Rochester. I understand there are still people trying to get home from the game. 

 

The Bills kind of stole one here. That Ravens defense was the best we've played all year. They kept us to just 6 points in the second half.

 

That said, if you puke up the ball three times and drop a game tying catch, you deserved to lose. 

 

Go Bills. Beat KC. Not done yet 

Yep, you need some luck in the playoffs if you’re going to reach the big show.