AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs

[Roundybout]

4 minutes ago, mannc said:

Really????

 

Yes I saw there's an actual graphic for this 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Roundybout

[TBBills Fan]

3 minutes ago, Harold Jackson said:

Um, no. I infact said- that if Bills did win vs Baltimore, that they lose this week.

If there's one thing I hate, it's liars 

By saying "if" the bills win, isn't the implication there that you in fact expected the Bills to lose?

[Harold Jackson]

1 minute ago, TBBills Fan said:

By saying "if" the bills win, isn't the implication there that you in fact expected the Bills to lose?

It means I didn't claim it was absolute.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Don't start with the childishness.

 

It's not like I don't want them to win.

I've been observing the last 3 or 4 years but the window simply isn't open yet. 

 

[Jauronimo]

18 minutes ago, Harold Jackson said:

I am. I have empathy and a great sense of humor. I just don't hope for unrealistic things or lie to myself in most circumstances.

I've watched enough football that I don't see Bills doing it. I'll say it again - the Raiders went to like 5 conference championships in a row before reaching SB. The NFL spreads it's magic fairy dust where and when it wants to

Unrealistic?  The spread is 1.5 points.  

 

The Chiefs went to 1 conference championship before reaching the super bowl 4 out of the next 5 years.  WTF do the Raiders have to do with anything?

[TBBills Fan]

11 minutes ago, Harold Jackson said:

It means I didn't claim it was absolute.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Don't start with the childishness.

 

It's not like I don't want them to win.

I've been observing the last 3 or 4 years but the window simply isn't open yet. 

 

Alright, Harold. 

[Harold Jackson]

2 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

Unrealistic?  The spread is 1.5 points.  

 

The Chiefs went to 1 conference championship before reaching the super bowl 4 out of the next 5 years.  WTF do the Raiders have to do with anything?

Sigh....

The point being that sports history shows that your hope is meaningless and it will happen when it happens.

Spreads have nothing to do with truth.

The whole point of the gambling industry is to F you over. Idiot fans bet with their hearts.

Unrealistic - you've been unrealistic for 4 years. Hoping for something that did not happen. I think it will. Just not this year

 

 

 

[Steptide]

I love these AI voice over things. Not sure how to imbed an Instagram video, link should work though 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFCw-ONRTcK/?igsh=bTNoNzdqbXc3MW5k

[notpolian]

I'm very pleasantly surprised Rapp is day to day.  That is cause for hope.

 

If Benford was on the way to or had an undiagnosed concussion earlier in the game, that would explain some things we all saw that were sorta weird.  I'm hopeful he can clear by Sunday.

 

Johnson should be ok, though any hard tackle or jump ball situation can be a cause for concern.  The worst thing for sublux type injuries is loading your shoulder while reaching above your head. I've subluxed playing volleyball among other things.  It sucks.

 

Milano is what worries me the most even though we know zip about it to my knowledge.  He is showing multiple flashes per game of his old difference maker self.  His injury history is extensive however.  Fingers crossed.

 

I think we have a real chance against KC but we need as many starters as possible on the field.  I'm glad the weather looks ok too, less likely for muscles to tighten up as you get tired.

[Pete]

6 minutes ago, Harold Jackson said:

Sigh....

The point being that sports history shows that your hope is meaningless and it will happen when it happens.

Spreads have nothing to do with truth.

The whole point of the gambling industry is to F you over. Idiot fans bet with their hearts.

Unrealistic - you've been unrealistic for 4 years. Hoping for something that did not happen. I think it will. Just not this year

 

 

 

Oddsmakers are great at their job. For example, they set the Bills-Ravens line Bills -1.5.   The Bills won by 2.  That is spot on. 
 

If you and your pessimistic ways are so certain of doom and gloom in KC for Buffalo-go bet your life’s saving on KC 

 

PS your pessimism is meaningless 

Edited 10 hours ago by Pete

[Simon]

4 hours ago, Ralonzo said:

 

That ref is in frame the whole play staring right at it. What could he have possibly seen that was a hold? That's what bugs me. Stuff like the phantom face-mask in the other game, at least in real time looks can deceive. There's just nothing here that even has the appearance of the thing he's flagging, in full clear view, 5 yards away.

 

They don't actually have to see penalties anymore.

This nonsense with indicators has made NFL officiating even worse than it was and is pushing the game toward the territory of an unwatchable joke.

[billsfan89]

1 minute ago, notpolian said:

I'm very pleasantly surprised Rapp is day to day.  That is cause for hope.

 

If Benford was on the way to or had an undiagnosed concussion earlier in the game, that would explain some things we all saw that were sorta weird.  I'm hopeful he can clear by Sunday.

 

Johnson should be ok, though any hard tackle or jump ball situation can be a cause for concern.  The worst thing for sublux type injuries is loading your shoulder while reaching above your head. I've subluxed playing volleyball among other things.  It sucks.

 

Milano is what worries me the most even though we know zip about it to my knowledge.  He is showing multiple flashes per game of his old difference maker self.  His injury history is extensive however.  Fingers crossed.

 

I think we have a real chance against KC but we need as many starters as possible on the field.  I'm glad the weather looks ok too, less likely for muscles to tighten up as you get tired.

 

Looking at the three defensive injuries for players that didn't finish the game or are in the protocol (Rapp, Benford, and Milano) the player the Bills are least capable of replacing is Benford. Cole Bishop has about 5-6 starts under his belt in the regular season and he looked solid in relief of Rapp in the Ravens game. I would rather Rapp play but I think Bishop can be more than serviceable. 

 

Milano started to look like a difference maker again but Dorian Williams started most of the year and if he's got to plug in I think he can do so well. But if Benford is out the Bills are plugging in some combo of Cam Lewis, Elam, and Ingram. I think Cam Lewis is a decent backup nickel and Ingram is a decent dime back. But if this team has to put those role players or Elam out there on the boundary against vets like Hollywood Brown and Hopkins I would be very concerned and it could be a liability. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 minute ago, Simon said:

 

They don't actually have to see penalties anymore.

This nonsense with indicators has made NFL officiating even worse than it was and is pushing the game toward the territory of an unwatchable joke.

Agreed. I have noticed offensive holds are mostly called based on clues as to how the defender’s body moves. For example, If a Defender getting cleanly pancaked, but falls to the side, then it is a hold. Apparently if the ref sees the defender fall forward to the ground fast, the clue is a hold. 
 

I get that the game might be too fast to see the holds in real time. But then I think the answer to that is: “then don’t call them.” I’d rather they miss holds than guess wrongly and call phantom ones.

[Harold Jackson]

10 minutes ago, Pete said:

Oddsmakers are great at their job. For example, they set the Bills-Ravens line Bills -1.5.   The Bills won by 2.  That is spot on. 
 

If you and your pessimistic ways are so certain of doom and gloom in KC for Buffalo-go bet your life’s saving on KC 

 

PS your pessimism is meaningless 

Where's the doom and gloom part? This assumes a emotional connection to the outcome. I'm entirely indifferent.

And as an adult, you should realize by now that there's no effing way in hell a human could predict a point spread unless there's foreknowledge of the outcome. There's no way to predict fumbles and 4th down conversions and funky bounces and injury. So one of two things is happening. The league sees the spread and manipulated the game in that direction. Or the legal gambling world is notified somewhere, somehow by someone,what the outcome will be. 

 

((PS your pessimism is meaningless)) 

I'm not the one being pessimistic. 

I'm quite happy with my observations.

 

8 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

The one thing I hate is valueless adding assclowns. Hi Harold 

Hope has nothing to do with truth or reality. 

I doubt I'm the only Bills fan here that thinks they lose. 

[billsbackto81]

8 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

There has been a lot of talk over the last 2 days about the officiating in that game. Everyone, even the announcers and a bunch of neutral fans were getting on Chiefs fans on Twitter about it and it's getting noticed. I hope the NFL realizes this and calls a fair game Sunday. 

I was just going to post something to this affect. I can't recall the last time, if ever, I saw so many players verbally complain about the officiating during locker room interviews. Everyone had something to say. Can't help but think they'll be under a microscope for this one.

 

Hopefully they keep an eye on Jawaan Taylor and his false starts along with all the holding their O line and DBs get away with.

[26TrapDraw]

9 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

I'll take all the Romo I can get.  It means we are playing big games.  I know all too well what it means when you're getting Spiro Dedes and Solomon Wilcots.

you stop it Wilcotts is a huge fan of the Bealls

[boyst]

1 hour ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

Bro what a sigma statement!! 👏🤩🤣

Skibidi toilet riz no cap, on god

[Beast]

The Bills are 12-1 in their last 13 games that have mattered.

 

Their one loss was by 2 points.

 

That pretty damned dominant and something the national media isn’t talking about.

Edited 10 hours ago by Beast

[klos63]

2 minutes ago, Beast said:

The Bills are 12-1 in their last 13 games that mattered.

 

Their one loss was by 2 points.

 

That pretty damned dominant and something the national media isn’t talking about.

We're in the AFCCG and getting a lot of praise. Why look for reasons to get upset? 

[TBBills Fan]

48 minutes ago, Steptide said:

I love these AI voice over things. Not sure how to imbed an Instagram video, link should work though 

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFCw-ONRTcK/?igsh=bTNoNzdqbXc3MW5k

Me too. They crack me up

[hondo in seattle]

1 hour ago, Roundybout said:

 

Yes I saw there's an actual graphic for this 

 

 

 

This is an amazing statistical comparison.  Very much seems like the two teams are equally matched.  Yet they have trophies and we don't.   

I really, really, really, really, really, really, really hope we change that this year.

 

(p.s.  The number 7 was considered lucky in the Eastern Zhou culture of ancient China).