The national media narrative since the Bills won

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Is that the Ravens LOST the game. Let’s not give credit to Allen playing and the offense playing mistake free, let’s not give the Bills defense credit for forcing 3 turnovers, or for holding Henry to 84 yards. Oh yeah, and the BEST one is everyone acts like the game was going to be a Ravens win if Mark Andrews catches that 2 point conversion. People conveniently forget that Buffalo still had 1:33 left on the clock and 2 time outs in their pocket. I’m putting all of my money on Allen to generate 40 yards of offense to get into FG range with that much time. If I’m being perfectly honest, the Bills would’ve put the game out of reach long before any of that if they just snuck it in w/ Allen, but I’ve beaten that horse to death. Lamar apologists and Ravens fans just can’t control themselves. Lamar Jackson himself gave the Bills credit. Good teams create their own luck by studying film and knowing where to be along w/ fundamentals which McDermott preaches like the Bible. It wasn’t a “lucky” win nor did the Ravens shoot themselves in the foot. The Bills defense has been absolutely nasty the entire season turning the ball over. Their TO differential is ridiculous. It should be a valid concern for every team they go against. 

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[Success]

The Patriots used to get endless praise for just playing efficient, mistake-free football - and letting their opponent beat themselves.

 

I've noticed that about today's narrative, also - the Ravens SHOULD have won, if they just didn't turn the ball over, commit penalties and drop passes.  No real credit for the Bills for making a lot of that happen, and for taking care of the ball themselves.  And ONE penalty the whole game for Buffalo.

 

[BillsFanForever19]

Personally... I LOVE it!

 

This team plays best when they aren't getting the respect they feel they deserve. One of my concerns after this game was that now that we beat the Ravens - everyone would be talking about us as the favorite going into Arrowhead.

 

That's not what's happening. As you said, all that's being talked about today is the Ravens losing the game, how it happened, and who's to blame. And that the Chiefs are playing in the Championship game in Arrowhead and are set to possibly 3-Peat.

 

The Bills are continuing to fly under the radar and can continue to play with a chip on their shoulder.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by BillsFanForever19

[Mrbojanglezs]

I agree the Ravens lost that game. Not saying Allen couldn't have won it but he didn't need to. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

1 minute ago, Success said:

The Patriots used to get endless praise for just playing efficient, mistake-free football - and letting their opponent beat themselves.

 

I've noticed that about today's narrative, also - the Ravens SHOULD have won, if they just didn't turn the ball over, commit penalties and drop passes.  No real credit for the Bills for making a lot of that happen, and for taking care of the ball themselves.  And ONE penalty the whole game for Buffalo.

 

They are also saying the 1 penalty is the result of favoritism and the “fix.” Gladly ignoring the amount of flag free holding the Ravens committed 

[wnyguy]

I hear the talking heads saying the Ravens would have won had Anderson not dropped the ball. No, Ravens would have tied the game, that's all.

[transient]

1 minute ago, Success said:

The Patriots used to get endless praise for just playing efficient, mistake-free football - and letting their opponent beat themselves.

 

I've noticed that about today's narrative, also - the Ravens SHOULD have won, if they just didn't turn the ball over, commit penalties and drop passes.  No real credit for the Bills for making a lot of that happen, and for taking care of the ball themselves.  And ONE phantom penalty the whole game for Buffalo.

 

FIFY. It wasn't a penalty.

[RobbRiddick]

 

 

I think the media is just doing damage limitation because they feel he'll get the MVP and they're defending him now and creating the narrative so when some laugh when he wins it they have the story all set up and ready to go. If they'd won and Lamar had played the game Josh played they'd be praising him for keeping calm under pressure and not turning the ball over. 

 

 

[Brand J]

If we scored that TD to go up 31-19 there’s no way they could say the Ravens lost the game more than the Bills won it. Also, the offensive output would’ve been quite different if Brady and co didn’t have the 21-10 lead. That was my only concern, how they turtled up in the 3rd.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Just now, RobbRiddick said:

 

 

I think the media is just doing damage limitation because they feel he'll get the MVP and they're defending him now and creating the narrative so when some laugh when he wins it they have the story all set up and ready to go. If they'd won and Lamar had played the game Josh played they'd be praising him for keeping calm under pressure and not turning the ball over. 

 

 

Your profile pic just made me spit out my coffee

[whorlnut]

As a Bills fan, I’ve seen this team lose in the most historically spectacular fashions, so I’m not giving a single rip how we won or what the national narrative is. Like Peter shrager said this morning…this might be the first time that something like that didn’t happen to us. I’m not going to let it bother me one bit. 

[Billsfanatic8989]

5 minutes ago, Success said:

The Patriots used to get endless praise for just playing efficient, mistake-free football - and letting their opponent beat themselves.

 

I've noticed that about today's narrative, also - the Ravens SHOULD have won, if they just didn't turn the ball over, commit penalties and drop passes.  No real credit for the Bills for making a lot of that happen, and for taking care of the ball themselves.  And ONE penalty the whole game for Buffalo.

 

You get that recognition when you consistently get to AFC title games and win several SB's. They got the credit because it was earned.

 

The Bills haven't done anything to really get that recognition yet. Win a SB and the narrative changes.

[jayg]

12 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Is that the Ravens LOST the game. Let’s not give credit to Allen playing and the offense playing mistake free, let’s not give the Bills defense credit for forcing 3 turnovers, or for holding Henry to 84 yards. Oh yeah, and the BEST one is everyone acts like the game was going to be a Ravens win if Mark Andrews catches that 2 point conversion. People conveniently forget that Buffalo still had 1:33 left on the clock and 2 time outs in their pocket. I’m putting all of my money on Allen to generate 40 yards of offense to get into FG range with that much time. If I’m being perfectly honest, the Bills would’ve put the game out of reach long before any of that if they just snuck it in w/ Allen, but I’ve beaten that horse to death. Lamar apologists and Ravens fans just can’t control themselves. Lamar Jackson himself gave the Bills credit. Good teams create their own luck by studying film and knowing where to be along w/ fundamentals which McDermott preaches like the Bible. It wasn’t a “lucky” win nor did the Ravens shoot themselves in the foot. The Bills defense has been absolutely nasty the entire season turning the ball over. Their TO differential is ridiculous. It should be a valid concern for every team they go against. 

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So what.  I never understand  why people get so upset what other people think or say.  Let it go.  PEACE.  

 

[DrDawkinstein]

14 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Is that the Ravens LOST the game. Let’s not give credit to Allen playing and the offense playing mistake free, let’s not give the Bills defense credit for forcing 3 turnovers, or for holding Henry to 84 yards. Oh yeah, and the BEST one is everyone acts like the game was going to be a Ravens win if Mark Andrews catches that 2 point conversion. People conveniently forget that Buffalo still had 1:33 left on the clock and 2 time outs in their pocket. I’m putting all of my money on Allen to generate 40 yards of offense to get into FG range with that much time. If I’m being perfectly honest, the Bills would’ve put the game out of reach long before any of that if they just snuck it in w/ Allen, but I’ve beaten that horse to death. Lamar apologists and Ravens fans just can’t control themselves. Lamar Jackson himself gave the Bills credit. Good teams create their own luck by studying film and knowing where to be along w/ fundamentals which McDermott preaches like the Bible. It wasn’t a “lucky” win nor did the Ravens shoot themselves in the foot. The Bills defense has been absolutely nasty the entire season turning the ball over. Their TO differential is ridiculous. It should be a valid concern for every team they go against. 

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Yeah, it was really annoying being all excited to tune into coverage this morning, and the only person across multiple channels that was giving the Bills any credit was Dan Orlovsky (thanks, Dan!). Everyone else was still riding the Ravens dick, saying they lost it more than Buffalo won it, blahblahblah...

[VW82]

I just think it’s funny people around these parts who in the past hand waved Bills turnovers and pointed to drops and the occasional bad play calling as a way to what if their way through convos about who was the better team/QB are now steadfast that Bills were the better team despite getting badly outplayed on both sides except for the turnovers.

 

Bills played mistake free and we won. Ultimately, we were lucky to win, and we’ll need to be much better if we want to win next week. 

Edited 3 hours ago by VW82

[Aussie Joe]

I hope they glaze Mahomes and Kelce all week .., should be a given you would think 

[DJB]

Twitter is disgusting with the coddling of Lamar. Praising him and blaming everyone else for the Ravens loss 

 

If that was Josh with two costly turnovers he would be blamed 

 

I hate the media 

Edited 3 hours ago by DJB

[klos63]

26 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Is that the Ravens LOST the game. Let’s not give credit to Allen playing and the offense playing mistake free, let’s not give the Bills defense credit for forcing 3 turnovers, or for holding Henry to 84 yards. Oh yeah, and the BEST one is everyone acts like the game was going to be a Ravens win if Mark Andrews catches that 2 point conversion. People conveniently forget that Buffalo still had 1:33 left on the clock and 2 time outs in their pocket. I’m putting all of my money on Allen to generate 40 yards of offense to get into FG range with that much time. If I’m being perfectly honest, the Bills would’ve put the game out of reach long before any of that if they just snuck it in w/ Allen, but I’ve beaten that horse to death. Lamar apologists and Ravens fans just can’t control themselves. Lamar Jackson himself gave the Bills credit. Good teams create their own luck by studying film and knowing where to be along w/ fundamentals which McDermott preaches like the Bible. It wasn’t a “lucky” win nor did the Ravens shoot themselves in the foot. The Bills defense has been absolutely nasty the entire season turning the ball over. Their TO differential is ridiculous. It should be a valid concern for every team they go against. 

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I've said this often here,  probably too often,  but why do you care? 

I'm thrilled about the victory,  nothing anybody says will bother me in the least

Also, a lot of people are giving the Bills credit,  many just choose to ignore that because it doesn't fit their own narrative. 

[GoBills808]

2 minutes ago, DJB said:

Twitter is disgusting with the coddling of Lamar. Praising him and blaming everyone else for the Ravens loss 

 

If that was Josh with two costly turnovers he would be blamed 

 

I hate the media 

Allen was blamed last yr for the KC playoff loss w ZERO turnovers

 

you cannot expect consistency from these guys

[TFBillsfan]

At this point, I could care less what the media narrative is. Most are just pushing BS to drive ratings. Just find a way to get TWO more wins. I don’t care how, by what score, by stats, etc… just get the W!

 

For everything this franchise and fanbase has endured, I won’t apologize to anyone on how we win!