Hat Tip to the Bills

[Buehler445]

I let this one sit for a bit because we all love to dunk on them and who am I to shit on that?

Real talk: These dudes deserve a hat tip for being a formidable opponent. It's not like these dudes backed into this, and the Chiefs slaughtered them, or the Chiefs played a shit game and still housed them. They came in here and made us beat them. We did because this team is mother****ing great, but they were an outstanding opponent. It took a good game from us to win it and we needed it all. Bills have been a good opponent for awhile now.

Sure Dawkins ran a little smack and was a **** a few years ago, but they're nothing like the Bengals in terms of ****s. Ravens to a much lesser extent, but they still thought they could big time us. Largely this Bills team was about the business, much like the Chiefs are. I didn't see any cheap shots (hilariously the closest thing knocked out Benford) Bills have been a good opponent for awhile now.

I'd like to take the opportunity to separate the media's ****tardery, the fans ****tardery, and our own self-image, from the actual opponent.

Hat tip to the Bills.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Gun to my head, Allen will eventually get them to the Super Bowl.

I don't think he's going to beat Patrick to do so, but he will probably find a path.

[DaFace]

If anyone's into such a thing, I've always liked the Bills fanbase's tradition of donating to the charities of players who they defeat but otherwise play their asses off. There's no question that Allen would be seen as one of this generation's greats if not for Mahomes standing in his way, so I threw $17 to his foundation as a small gesture of appreciation.

https://www.ochbuffalo.org/foundatio.../?type=onetime

[notorious]

When a dog has been smacked on the nose for acting up enough times it eventually starts to behave.

[Bearcat]

Their fans showed up, I'll give them credit for that... the lower bowl on their side had a lot of blue in the crowd, enough to hear them from the other side of the stadium at times. They had a pretty decent tailgate setup, too, saw a couple cars painted "Buffalo to KC"...

That's a long ass drive home though.

[Marcellus]

They were REAL close to making an amazing play there on 4th and 5 and possibly winning the game.

The difference is KC usually makes that play and the other team doesn't.

[jerryaldini]

I don't know what Brady was doing in the first half with all those throws. Clear Allen was tight and missed several throws. That's the Mahomes fear factor.

First drive of the 2nd they got back to their game running and short throws. I thought coaching on both sides was an obvious big difference.

At the end of the day Mahomes made the plays in crunch time that Allen didn't. But yeah they're a tough opponent as we always see in the regular season. So much in their heads in the playoffs.

[Mike in SW-MO]

It was just a HELL of a game.

[RedandGold]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Gun to my head, Allen will eventually get them to the Super Bowl.

I don't think he's going to beat Patrick to do so, but he will probably find a path.

Agreed

Realistically, I think this is the last ride for the “old” dynasty with Kelce and Jones, and the Bills will make it in during a reload. If we get the three-peat (not counting chickens here), I can see them making it in as soon as next year.

They showed that they deserved to be there, and like the end of the Brady era in NE, we just know how finish.

[jerryaldini]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

They were REAL close to making an amazing play there on 4th and 5 and possibly winning the game.

The difference is KC usually makes that play and the other team doesn't.

I don't get why people are comparing that to the Andrews drop. Had to reverse direction and completely lay out on a fluttering ball. How often is that ball caught, maybe 50 percent? I don't know.

Reality is he had so much room, if Allen just pops it up anywhere close on the other side he had a wide open field.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by jerryaldini

I don't get why people are comparing that to the Andrews drop. Had to reverse direction and completely lay out on a fluttering ball. How often is that ball caught, maybe 50 percent? I don't know.

Reality is he had so much room, if Allen just pops it up anywhere close on the other side he had a wide open field.

It's true, but he had three guys in his face within a half second of the snap. I can't blame for not seeing that he had a guy over there.

The problem is that he misread the blitz in the first place, so he wasn't even looking over there. Spags just plain got him.

[Kman34]

We were a fumble away by Mahomes from motorboating them.. Eventually we’ll have a down year and then they’ll get their chance… Maybe..

[RedinTexas]

I understand why they would hate us, but I don't hate them. I get pretty steamed at them sometimes, but there is no question that the Bills are a formidable opponent right now.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by DaFace

It's true, but he had three guys in his face within a half second of the snap. I can't blame for not seeing that he had a guy over there.

The problem is that he misread the blitz in the first place, so he wasn't even looking over there. Spags just plain got him.

Spags must have found a tendency to use at the last second. Maybe Josh likes to roll to his right more often than not? Maybe he used that defensive formation before and saw they were shifting protection to the left?

Either way, Spags is an evil genius.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by RedinTexas

I understand why they would hate us, but I don't hate them. I get pretty steamed at them sometimes, but there is no question that the Bills are a formidable opponent right now.

Who plays the game the way its supposed to be played. Josh Allen is easy to like. He just came along at the wrong time and the Bills got good again, at the wrong time. The way I see it, they'll have a year or two to get a ring, after Mahomes RETIRES. Until then, there is nothing wrong with being #2.