Day #11 after the loss to KC: Feeling better? Worse? Why? (Thread started at Day #2)

[njbuff]

The Bills played terrible, but they were ROBBED nonetheless.

 

This game is exactly why folks across the country think the NFL is rigged.

 

Teams CANNOT be in a close game with the Chiefs because they will NEVER get the benefit of the doubt from the officials.

 

Still sickens me a week and a half later.

On 2/4/2025 at 10:53 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

At least I still my 1983 Orioles to celebrate out of my 4 Pro teams, my last pro championship. 42 years   SOBBBBBB!!!

 

I have the Devils last championship in 2003 and it feels like 1883.

[boyst]

On 2/5/2025 at 12:04 PM, ddaryl said:

honestly I am still depressed and pissed.

Not sure how much I want to invest in next season. 

 

If people want to see change in the NFL regarding much of the stuff many fans have discussed this is the only recourse. Hit them where it hurt$. Regular season Home games being played in other countries, Blatantly obvious bad officiating, gambling...  the league needs a stern reminder who there cash cow is.  Problem is I doubt most fans would. I mean look at the WWE. Completely fake, openly admitted yet dumb asses still pay money for that tripe.

Fans have all the control if they would use it

The NFL doesn't even care about the game day experience or the fans at the game. They want TV viewership and TV packages. Checking out and just watching games on TV is what the NFL wants. More commercials. 

 

Can't sell content to the fans at the stadium. 

[C.Biscuit97]

45 minutes ago, njbuff said:

The Bills played terrible, but they were ROBBED nonetheless.

 

This game is exactly why folks across the country think the NFL is rigged.

 

Teams CANNOT be in a close game with the Chiefs because they will NEVER get the benefit of the doubt from the officials.

 

Still sickens me a week and a half later.

I have the Devils last championship in 2003 and it feels like 1883.

Because people are losers and can’t admit they aren’t good enough in their own, so they have to blame others for their failures. 

[zow2]

This game has been flushed for me since the Monday after.  I watched the game and didn't feel like we were the better team.  It was very close, but i just never felt the Bills were better...,  the 4th down call bothered me immensely but we can't change it.  

 

Funny though, I keep hearing about 13 seconds in various Super Bowl week talk about the Bills.  That still bothers me more than this game.  Will there ever me a more epic playoff botch than McDermott and Co. in that moment, not squibbing it?  50 years from now they will still be talking about it. 

 

The only other single decision I can think of is when Seattle failed to pound in the TD from the one yard line with Lynch in the Super Bowl... and the Pats made the goal line INT.  

[LabattBlue]

Is count up going to continue until the Bills win a SB? 😂

[eball]

I dreamt about the game last night…in my dream we faked the Allen sneak on the early 4th quarter 4th down and flipped it out to Cook, who took it to the house.

 

Eff the Ch(r)efs.

 

[beebe]

5 hours ago, njbuff said:

Teams CANNOT be in a close game with the Chiefs because they will NEVER get the benefit of the doubt from the officials.

 

 

The single highest-impact penalty on win probability over the past 10 postseasons—a defensive holding on cornerback Trent McDuffie that extended a 49ers field-goal drive in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII—went against Kansas City. The penalty made the Chiefs 20% less likely to win. 

[Success]

1 hour ago, eball said:

I dreamt about the game last night…in my dream we faked the Allen sneak on the early 4th quarter 4th down and flipped it out to Cook, who took it to the house.

 

Eff the Ch(r)efs.

 

 

I like to think we wouldn't be like Chiefs fans w/ similar success.

 

Maybe I'm wrong - but I really don't think we would be.  Too much heartbreak over the years. It would keep us much more grounded.

 

[Ga boy]

5 hours ago, zow2 said:

This game has been flushed for me since the Monday after.  I watched the game and didn't feel like we were the better team.  It was very close, but i just never felt the Bills were better...,  the 4th down call bothered me immensely but we can't change it.  

 

Funny though, I keep hearing about 13 seconds in various Super Bowl week talk about the Bills.  That still bothers me more than this game.  Will there ever me a more epic playoff botch than McDermott and Co. in that moment, not squibbing it?  50 years from now they will still be talking about it. 

 

The only other single decision I can think of is when Seattle failed to pound in the TD from the one yard line with Lynch in the Super Bowl... and the Pats made the goal line INT.  

Yea I’ve moved on and have next year on my radar.  Btw, I think we were the better team but didn’t play like the better team.  If we played like we played against the Ravens, and many other games, we win.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Ga boy
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[Special K]

[philholbroo]

7 hours ago, njbuff said:

The Bills played terrible, but they were ROBBED nonetheless.

 

This game is exactly why folks across the country think the NFL is rigged.

 

Teams CANNOT be in a close game with the Chiefs because they will NEVER get the benefit of the doubt from the officials.

 

Still sickens me a week and a half later.

I have the Devils last championship in 2003 and it feels like 1883.

I have Royals 2015 at least. But for about 10 years before that I thought I was a cursed fan of any sport.

[ChevyVanMiller]

Took this pic this afternoon of a sign on Lake Road in Newfane, NY.

 

 

[LABILLBACKER]

6 hours ago, zow2 said:

This game has been flushed for me since the Monday after.  I watched the game and didn't feel like we were the better team.  It was very close, but i just never felt the Bills were better...,  the 4th down call bothered me immensely but we can't change it.  

 

Funny though, I keep hearing about 13 seconds in various Super Bowl week talk about the Bills.  That still bothers me more than this game.  Will there ever me a more epic playoff botch than McDermott and Co. in that moment, not squibbing it?  50 years from now they will still be talking about it. 

 

The only other single decision I can think of is when Seattle failed to pound in the TD from the one yard line with Lynch in the Super Bowl... and the Pats made the goal line INT.  

We're perpetually stuck with inferior coaches that will screw up just enough in a close playoff game to help us lose.  Year in....year out...

48 minutes ago, Success said:

 

I like to think we wouldn't be like Chiefs fans w/ similar success.

 

Maybe I'm wrong - but I really don't think we would be.  Too much heartbreak over the years. It would keep us much more grounded.

 

No way we'd be as entitled or smug as some of these chief kingdom slugs.  Too late now. Patrick has clearly been chosen as the new Brady goat. He and his team will get the borderline calls till he retires.  

[Success]

2 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

We're perpetually stuck with inferior coaches that will screw up just enough in a close playoff game to help us lose.  Year in....year out...

 

I'm torn on this.  I know exactly what you're saying - but the league only has so many Andy Reids.  And even Andy Reid was basically run out of town in one NFL city because he couldn't win "the big one."

 

McDermott, realistically, is probably a top 6-7 guy overall.  Who that's available would be better? It's a tough one.  Personally, I wish we would just being in a real DC.  I think if we had hired Saleh, we'd have the #1 D next year.