Hard to beat the Chiefs and the refs every post-season

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just now, Punch said:

"A game of inches" is exactly right, and why plays like these alter not only games but careers.

If they are gonna play the charade of not releasing the data from the ball, chip, sensor on play... Why NOT trot out the sticks/chains?

 

NOTICE you never see chains anymore?  Players can't be always making 1st Downs so easily now than throughout game history.   Refs are getting help from sources other than the chain gang obviously!

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

This was the first KC game I've seen that I didn't feel like was a hose job. That spot on 4th you can argue about but next time don't get stuffed.

They got the necessary yards for a first. I guess they should’ve broke off a 5-10 yard run to make it truly indisputable.

[ILBillsfan]

11 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

I thought they had it on third too......this sequence was huge.  Still the wrong playcall on 4th.....I fell strongly about that, it was close and you let the zebras decide.  They shoudl have had a different play with the way the QB sneaks were going.

yep kept calling for an Allen sweep that we have seen many times

[Buffalo Ballin]

Are the 2 spots that the refs missed our brand new "13 Seconds" "Music City Miracle?"

 

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

They got the necessary yards for a first. I guess they should’ve broke off a 5-10 yard run to make it truly indisputable.

 

Or just get a full yard, like they did all year on that sneak play. 🙄

[Niagara Dude]

10 minutes ago, MPT said:

 

Interception for the Bills became a Chiefs' 30 yard completion. Phantom PI against Elam prevented a Chiefs' punt. Successful 4th down QB sneak in the 4th quarter inexplicably became the Chiefs' ball. Penalty flag against the Chiefs on the Bills' last play was picked up with no explanation. This isn't rocket science. Refs know exactly when and where to have the biggest impact while making things seem close. It's all fixed.

They got screwed on the 4th and inches on the spot and even the previous spot on 3 and 3. 

 

End of the day the Bills knew they should not leave it up to the refs,  on 3rd down call a play that is well beyond the sticks. if you don't make then punt and not give the Chiefs great field position.  The play calling was too conservative,  not enough down the field throws

[Harold Jackson]

If it's the refs, 

Then it's also the league.

 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

26 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

 

That's the first time the Chiefs have scored over 30 all season.

I am talking about the course of Mahomes career. Not just this season 

[Aussie Joe]

They had their chance 

[Simon]

2 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

I thought we should've gotten the first down call on review and looking back at the 3rd down play it never should have come down to it. But the bigger issue to me was the over-reliance on Josh on 4th and short when it was getting stuffed going back to last week so I get your point.

 

Yeah, they got entirely too reliant on it over the course of the year and never really developed anything to complement it.

Asking Josh to move laterally before he drives is not a viable variation.

[appoo]

The refs bungling the spot was the KEY play of the game

[Goin Breakdown]

16 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Me being the guy that cleans this place up and takes care of it for everybody's benefit doesn't mean that I'm the only person on here that's not allowed to say his piece.

I get it but you're saying that people on your board are crybabies (essentially). You're a leader here and I that's divisive when your fellow fans are really down right now. I get what you do and you do a fine job but man we had such high hopes this year and for good reasons. The vibes were cool everyone was rockin Bright side it felt different. Maybe I shouldn't have bought in or cared so much but I'm a Bills fan and that's what I do. This one hurt. 

[Matt_In_NH]

3 minutes ago, MPT said:

 

Or, you know, someone that realizes when they're being swindled.

The former

[ExiledInIllinois]

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

12 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

This was the first KC game I've seen that I didn't feel like was a hose job. That spot on 4th you can argue about but next time don't get stuffed.

That’s funny I’m on the opposite side and that’s the only hose job against kc we’ve had in my opinion lol 

 

I guess it is what it is but you’ve gotta be 7-10 points better than kc to win a game like that... nobody is winning that game 

7 minutes ago, appoo said:

The refs bungling the spot was the KEY play of the game

If it was just that one spot I wouldn’t have minded much but it was seemingly every spot.  

Edited Monday at 04:05 AM by Generic_Bills_Fan

[notpolian]

Simple.  Don't put yourself in a position to be vulnerable to a call / spot or two.  Shouldn't matter.  This team is not good enough and not well coached enough to win against KC if KC brings their A game.

 

Easy example is we were almost unstoppable this year on the QB sneak and KC basically kicked our butts.  Inexcusable from an execution and imagination standpoint IMO.

[Simon]

Just now, notpolian said:

This team is not good enough and not well coached enough to win against KC if KC brings their A game.

 

Neither is anybody else in the world.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

6 minutes ago, Harold Jackson said:

If it's the refs, 

Then it's also the league.

 

It’s a huge problem year after year after year. Nothing is being done about it and it is greatly diluting their product. Fans are catching on. The “script” has been a popular catchphrase these past few years. You’re right. It’s not a Bills problem, it’s an NFL problem. And people are just going to keep watching. That’s why it’s not being addressed. I am embarrassed about all the hours i waste posting here. The NFL was not like this when I was growing up. It seems like things started to go down hill after the “tuck rule” but ever since they got in bed w/ the gambling companies, it’s been rampant. 

8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Or just get a full yard, like they did all year on that sneak play. 🙄

They crossed the 40.

 

First down Bills. 

Edited Monday at 04:03 AM by ChronicAndKnuckles

[Mikie2times]

4 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Yeah, they got entirely too reliant on it over the course of the year and never really developed anything to complement it.

Asking Josh to move laterally before he drives is not a viable variation.

Great post and exactly where my mind was. Running exactly what KC did with the QB boot would have been wide open. It's nice to say, it's only an inch so run it back but they showed a pretty strong ability to stuff it all game. We just never developed more off it during the season.

[Simon]

4 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I get it but you're saying that people on your board are crybabies (essentially). You're a leader here and I that's divisive when your fellow fans are really down right now. I get what you do and you do a fine job but man we had such high hopes this year and for good reasons. The vibes were cool everyone was rockin Bright side it felt different. Maybe I shouldn't have bought in or cared so much but I'm a Bills fan and that's what I do. This one hurt. 

 

I think it would make us a stronger, wiser and more respected fanbase if we recognized our shortcomings regarding crying about officiating.

And if it takes somebody occasionally being a pest about it, I'll fill that role.

I'm not going to crusade about it but I will toss the occasional firecracker in hopes it forces people to stop and think about it.