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Bills play in a division with 3 rebuilding teams. The advantage the Pats had for so long is the advantage the Bills will have for a few years.
Agreed. I’ll feel differently at some point I’m sure, but right now I just kinda wish I had never become a Bills fan.
Blew two leads inside two minutes and gave up 10 points, and then didn't even come close to making a stop in OT. Someone should get fired. I don't know who.
I'm fine with just playing out the entire OT period like someone else suggested.
Oh I’m aware. Old enough to remember all of those.
We need to hope Frazier gets hired because I don’t see McDermott letting him go. But he should if he was in charge of the D at the end.
neither were playing defence at the end, yet the Chiefs D didn’t even have to take the field
Players would never go for this. I think giving each team one possession and sudden death from there is fair and will eventually happen.
Want to be a dolphins fan? I'll switch with you. Its like in that movie Faceoff with John Travolta and Nic Cage.
I think you're missing the point; whomever team gets the ball first... THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO MAKE A STOP. I don't care if it's the Chiefs, the Bills, the Fighting Illini, the Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, or Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson; you have a separate unit that is coached up and makes a lot of money. Go out there and make the opposing offense punt... or even better, do this.
You call THIS a pity party? Try being a Lions fan.
Do people just no longer consider defense part of the game? The Bills had the #1 ranked defense. Get a three and out, two first downs, and they could win on a FG.
No argument there. It certainly gives them some advantage at least for a couple of years. The Pats situation was really an anomaly to be that good and to have your division mates be that bad for so long. I wouldn't necessarily right off the Pats either. Its not like the Bills even dominated their division this year.
Agreed. I love the Bills thread on the board and their fans and their fanbase in general.
I felt like the Pats won with bubble gum & spit this year. They were a fraud. I’m unconvinced that they have a QB of the future.
You guys have short memories.
Might sacrifice field position... clock doesn't start until its touched. So the trade-off is probably not worth it. A regular kick, around the 5, could have taken 3-4 seconds off the clock and not left time for a FG attempt.
BUF already had 9 possessions. KC had 10. The goal should be to end the game and break the tie. I always felt they should just continue the game from the point where the game ended, just like they do between quarters. First score wins. No kick off to start OT.
.774 completion percentage. 9 TDs. 0 INTs. 149 passer rating. 637 yards passing. 134 yards rushing. And it wasn’t enough to get passed the 2nd round.
Then the argument just shifts to the extra possession.
I know. I’m a 49ers fan. I was a teen during the Montana / Young era. I watched a dynasty. Then I’ve spent decades watching also-rans & heartbreaking losses like to KC in the SB when our DC didn’t blitz on 3rd & 27 when the Niners had the lead & should have had the ball back.
I was around for that too. Brady >>>>>> Jones.
Your three links are a) a play commonly referred to as a "miracle" which also featured what was most likely a forward pass, b) a play on which an offensive lineman returned a kickoff 70 yards, and c) an onside kick (not sure what that has to do with this discussion at all). And that's your evidence that squib kicks are more likely to be successful?
