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Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia
Josh Allen is too soft.
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That's a little aggressive.
He played one hell of a game in the :13 game (even though Baker and Hughes did their best to help him).
This year, the whole Hamlin thing definitely affected them. Media pushed it as a motivating factor, but it was definitely a distraction IMO. They rolled in thinking they were going to win because they were supposed to, and the Hamlin business took a LOT of focus and emotional capital.
Plus, the Bengals were EPIC PISSED that the NFL hosed them. Add all that up and you get a ****ing ass BEATING in the divisional round.
There are a lot of corollaries to our team's experience. We thought they were going to win the Tampa Super Bowl, and the Britt Reid thing took (probably much less, but not none) focus and emotional capital.
Plus we were EPIC pissed off at the Burrowhead dogshit, and we put it on them even with all our injuries.
So ultimately, the **** punt they took from the Bengals isn't necessarily who they are. It may be, if they fold up like a cheap suit, but it isn't necessarily it.