1:33 left on the clock

[Big Turk]

Josh Allen is about as clutch a player as you can ask for in that situation. He would have gotten it done.

 

But I'm glad he never had to.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Josh wasn't losing that game. 1:33 with two timeouts.  They would have gotten a FG to win.

Hard to say bad things about the defense when they had three turnovers, but once again the McD defense blew a lead on the final drive.  It took a miracle drop to avoid another defensive playoff collapse.  

[Ya Digg?]

32 minutes ago, Sweats said:

 

 

 

 

............just like against the Texans?

 

How'd that work out for us when the game was on the line, JA had to march down the field for a game winning FG and the suspect play calling?

And you're confident that the Ravens who would not really let us get any air game going, were just going to let us prance our way down the field to win the game?

 

I'm not so sure, but thankfully we didn't need to find out.

So you’re using past performance (against a different team) as an indicator of how the game could’ve gone? If my memory serves me correctly, a past performance against the Ravens saw them lose 35-10, did the same thing happen here? 
 

And yes, I’m fully confident, not an ounce of doubt in me that the Bills would have kicked a game winning field goal if the Ravens had tied it. I was actually much more nervous on the onside kick than I was on the 2 point conversion.

 

But you’re right, thankfully we didn’t need to find out. Now on to the Chiefs!!!

[mjt328]

46 minutes ago, Dafan said:

Everyone was celebrating the 2pt drop by Andrew's.  I was freaking out.  I believed we would have driven down and won the game before overtime.  But once that drop happened....my stomach turned.  In old Bills fashion I thought "f***, now Ravens are gonna get the onside kick and Tucker will get the game winning field goal."

 

That drop had me more worried than if he had caught it.

 

All the scenarios were going through my head.

The Ravens getting the onsides kick...

Fumbling the snap on the kneel down...

 

Being a Bills fan is hard.

[Pete]

these sports show idiots are saying Andrews catches that, Ravens win in OT.  Josh ***** Allen has 1:33 left.  Big legged Bass is locked in. 

Bills were winning, even if Andrews catches that

[mannc]

On the other hand, a quick 3 and out would have given the ball back to Baltimore with maybe a minute left and a chance to win in regulation….

[djp14150]

1 hour ago, Sweats said:

So, Larry (our office Ravens fan) actually brought up a good point this morning.......

 

Even if Andrews caught the 2-point conversion and tied the game, there was still 1:33 on the clock, which he believed the Bills would have had plenty of time to go down the field and score a FG to win the game anyways.

 

I don't know, man........we weren't having a lot of success in large plays all game long, so the chances of the Ravens suddenly just allowing us to march down the field seems suspect.

Thoughts?!?

They were playing conservative.   Buffalo drives 45 yards in 1:30 with 2TO and get a FG attempt to win 

 

 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

these sports show idiots are saying Andrews catches that, Ravens win in OT.  Josh ***** Allen has 1:33 left.  Big legged Bass is locked in. 

Bills were winning, even if Andrews catches that

That’s because these sports show idiots picked the Ravens to win. Now, they can pretend they were correct if Andrews just makes the catch.  We all know Josh would’ve have driven us down for the win anyway. 

[GunnerBill]

I think we'd have done it because we have Josh freaking Allen and because, actually when you have an elite QB in that situation they have to come through. Forget context, forget supporting case, forget everything else. 1.33, 2 time outs, needing a FG to win it.... if you have an elite QB in that scenario they gotta get it done. No excuses. It was a criticism of Josh that I made back in 2021. We lost a handful of games that year where Josh had the ball last with a chance to take us down for the win and failed to get it done. It always seemed a bit frantic. I think the fact that he did it in the 13 second game (only to be let down by others) was a turning point for him in those scenarios and I've never doubted him since in those situations. He finds a way. 

[Sweats]

6 minutes ago, mannc said:

On the other hand, a quick 3 and out would have given the ball back to Baltimore with maybe a minute left and a chance to win in regulation….

 

 

 

.........exactly.

 

What i've been trying to say all thread long (and probably not real coherent about it) is that with 1:33 left on the clock, there is no guarantee what the outcome will be. As a Bills fan, it's easy to say that JA would have put on the cape and "willed" the team down to FG range to win the game, however realistically, the chances of us going 3 and out and handing the ball back to the Ravens with just under a minute left was a real possibility, as we didn't really move the ball successfully in the 2nd half.

[vin5000]

I was just commenting to my son during the Ravens drive that it seems like Josh never gets the ball last in games like that one. 

 

We were excited to see him get his shot.

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

And we're all completely confident that Bass makes the kick ?

[T master]

There were points and certain players in the game that when they were in almost imposed their will on the Ravens Davis being one of them . Then there is Josh Allen and as long as he is on the field like some players of the past Brady, Montanna, it's not over till the fat lady is singing . 

 

So there was definitely enough time for the Bills to go down and get the FG but i'm not sure my heart could have handled that because when i saw the ball hit that dude in the hands i was cussing like 2 sailors until i shut my pie hole long enough to realize he dropped it ...

[SF Bills Fan]

When they scored I immediately said that I was glad it happened that fast as it gave us plenty of time to go score a FG. I firmly believe that we would have gotten into range since Allen would have played lights out and you don’t need to go that far 35-40 yards. My concern was-  will Bass make it? 

[Sestak4ever]

If Brady had put the game in Josh’s hands earlier in the 4th quarter we would have won by two scores. I think (hope) he realizes that after yesterday. For sure Josh would have drove us down for the winning score had Andrews caught the 2 point conversion, no doubt in my mind! Go Bills!! 🏈

[The Cincinnati Kid]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Josh was not losing this game.  He would have got them in FG range.

Like super close FG range. 😂 I love Bass, but the closer the better. 

[Boatdrinks]

Large plays wouldn’t have been necessary. There was 1:30 or whatever remaining. The Bills had timeouts , and would only need a FG as time expired for the win. I doubt the Bills would “ play for the OT” in that situation. Imagine for a second thinking -great the Bills tied the game and only left 1:30 for Mahomes to get the win. We’re going to OT for sure! Thats absurd and so is thinking OT or even a loss was going to be inevitable. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Boatdrinks

[Sweats]

22 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

And we're all completely confident that Bass makes the kick ?

 

 

 

 

Apparently, every Bills fan believes it was a "gimme" for Bass, so........

[Buffalo03]

1 hour ago, Sweats said:

So, Larry (our office Ravens fan) actually brought up a good point this morning.......

 

Even if Andrews caught the 2-point conversion and tied the game, there was still 1:33 on the clock, which he believed the Bills would have had plenty of time to go down the field and score a FG to win the game anyways.

 

I don't know, man........we weren't having a lot of success in large plays all game long, so the chances of the Ravens suddenly just allowing us to march down the field seems suspect.

Thoughts?!?

I think we would have opened the game up and driven down close enough for it, yes. You think we would have ran the same conservative stuff we did all night?

[RochesterLifer]

The 1:33 remaining in the game was not just my comfort factor but my cause for optimism as the Ravens went for two. I was confident Josh would get us to at least three and was looking forward to our MVP putting his stamp of clutch on the game.

1 minute ago, Buffalo03 said:

I think we would have opened the game up and driven down close enough for it, yes. You think we would have ran the same conservative stuff we did all night?

No, we would have let Josh be Josh. And he would have won the game.