Day #14 after the loss to KC: Feeling better? Worse? Why? (Thread started at Day #2)

[philholbroo]

Little better today, now that we know Josh Allen shows the best sportsmanship lol. Also he is MVP!!!!

[corta765]

"Such a lovely place, such a lovely place... plenty of room at the hotel california"

[Jauronimo]

Allen winning the Lady Byng award really has done nothing to make me feel any less sad and numb about yet another loss to the Chiefs.

[Steptide]

Still angry honestly. And as much as I try not to think about it, I find myself thinking about it alot. 

 

I think about that final drive with 3 and a half mins left and how cook wasn't out there. I think about how much better that drive could've been and yet, the bills did nothing creative. Buffalo should be playing this Sunday, but the coaching staff failed us once again 

[26TrapDraw]

Worse because all the amvp talk is coming from New Orleans at the Superbowl where this Bills Team needs to be instead of sitting on their ass this Sunday.

[muppy]

48 minutes ago, corta765 said:

"Such a lovely place, such a lovely place... plenty of room at the hotel california"

I protest with a red X emoji (how appropo) because I love the analogy but I disagree with its inference..

 

The KC chiefs have their winning tradition.  The Pats had theirs too. Did we all mope when they were kicking our bodums every year? Of course

 

UNTIL THEY WEREN"T champs anymore. Than it was time to snark em and LAUGH at them.

 

SO WILL IT BE THE SAME FOR KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 

Their glory will NOT last forever. It won't. **** Them..

[RiotAct]

I’ve been okay with it since last Wednesday.  Not HAPPY, but okay.

[Billsatlastin2018]

THIS is what I feel.

 

 

 

And this…

 

 

[JP51]

Better. Happy for Josh, Happy for the new Defensive coaches... happy there is some level of hope in getting a game wrecker like Garrett or Crosby no matter how much of a longshot... happy to hear McD talk about needing a game wrecker...  Happy so much attention is being placed on the officiating as I think no matter what the x files answer is it needs to get better...  and actually optimistic that the NFL got Taylor to the SB and might just be fine with the Eagles winning it... so we get a reasonable officiated game...  and like every year looking forward to how we are going to draft and sign FA ... even though we seem to fail there more often that I would like...  there are successes... 

[Albwan]

I find myself wondering why I've  wasted more than half my life routing for a bunch of guys to win a game.

I've got nothing.

[MikePJ76]

It never gets better.  I would like to rewatch the game but I am not ready for that.

 

This is why the universe gave us people like the great Sam Cooke.

 

 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

I listen to Brandon Beane and its a lot of Chiefs praise, excuses about injuries and new players needing time to gel. 

 

His core philosophy is to keep "kicking the door down" until it breaks by re-signing our own players and filling in the gaps through FA with limited cap space.

 

It's an approach that hasn't worked, and has left Allen with a knife during Playoff gunfights over and over again. 

 

I don't believe in Sean McDermott or Brandon Beane to give Allen enough firepower to win a single Super Bowl. 

 

Beane saying you can't pin it on Sean McDermott. He's a 7-7 Playoff Coach who had ample opportunity across several seasons to advance to a Super Bowl. I think loss Wildcard (0-1), loss Wildcard (0-2), win Wildcard (1-2), Win Divisional (2-2), loss AFCCG (2-3), win Wildcard (3-3), loss Divisional (3-4), win Wildcard (4-4), loss Divisional (4-5), win Wildcard (5-5), loss Divisional (5-6), win Wildcard (6-6), win Divisional (7-6), loss AFCCG (7-7) has defined the line that this staff can't get over. This is not a one or two year barrier. 

 

Furthermore:

 

1. If Allen is able to win one (1) Super Bowl with the Bills, we're going to look back and say happy for all the fans, family, friends and the city to finally get one, but did we maximize Allen's career? 

 

2. I've followed Buffalo sports forever, and eventually that usually means your best players asking for a trade out of town because your team can't get it done. Sorry if you don't want to hear that. 

 

Bottom Line:

McDermott and Beane are not entitled to Allen's entire career. Next season he is 29 years-old. 8 years in. I think it should be McDermott and Beane's last year in Buffalo barring a Super Bowl victory. They've had 1/2 of Allen's career now.  They had enough chances to get him a #1 WR and pair that #1 WR with a complete WR group so that in this big games, it's not veteran minimum free agents that Allen has to throw passes to in order to overcome a defense that allows 32-ppg. 

[Dr. K]

I'm still trying not to think about it.

[damj]

It's been a rough week and a half, but Josh getting MVP and locking in my seats for the new stadium have me excited again!

[Success]

It's challenging to NOT be frustrated by how things played out. That was such a winnable game.  And America in general is just dismayed by this match-up - I kind of mourn the loss of a Bills/Commanders game that would have been some new faces & more exciting storylines.

 

Even though they had the better record - we had a better season than KC, and we were the better team.  Man, it's frustrating.

 

 

 

[SinceThe70s]

 

I can't wait for the Super Bowl to be over.  I'll watch but I can't remember ever being this disinterested in the game. I'm hoping after it's over I'll stop dwelling on the Bills last game.

[BillsfaninChicago]

The girl I had been dating for two months from Bumble got annoyed because I was too busy to take her. Because of this she said she was going to take a 15 hour road trip from Jamestown with “just a friend” to the game. 
 

She then disappeared for 15 hours between the 1st quarter and the next morning. The next day when I asked her where she went she gave me a Juliet Jake litany of reason as to why she could not respond to my calls or texts. She also said she had to share her bed with her friend to save money. 
 

it was a nice consolation that they had to drive back with an L hungover the next day but I am still mad we got screwed. Even though my ex and her “just a friend” did some more screwing later that night I am sure.
 

I mean that was literally the Mr. Brightside song. If my cuckatooing isn’t a sign I am a die hard Bills fan I don’t know what else is! 

[BILLS 4 EVER]

If you are asking if I am still pissed off about the Bills getting shafted, the answer is........ YES!

2 Days until the Super Bowl and the only great news is that Josh got MVP. YES.. he deserved it. 

But KC does not deserve to be in this game and as much as I hate doing it, I am boycotting the game.

F;CK KC

[Dan]

On 2/6/2025 at 3:13 PM, 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.

 

Apply for Bills play caller.   Please 

Edited February 8 by Dan

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 hour ago, Dan said:

Apply for Bills play caller.   Please 

I wanna visit the alternate universe where we didn’t sneak on 4th and a few inches and we got stopped lol. That’d probably be the most criticized playcall in nfl history 

 

the whole debate is a bit weird…in hindsight knowing they’re gonna screw you out of a whole half yard on a sneak then you’ve got a 4th and 1 and definitely don’t sneak.  There’s no way we didn’t pick up that 4th and inches though it’s pretty much physically impossible…they would’ve had to reverse Josh’s momentum pretty much instantly which definitely didn’t happen