Buffalo Bills 2025 Thread

[JujuFish]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

Was that win in regulation?

It was in OT. 15 points to tie. If you include the time spent in OT, it is more than 5 minutes, so perhaps that's the difference (2:25 in OT).

[JujuFish]

30 minutes ago, Taro T said:

According to the Rochester D&C, the stat that @Demoted quoted was SINCE 2017.  Since then, teams down by 15+ with 5 or less minutes left were 0-717.  And, according to the D&C, so take it for what it's worth, the Bills are the 1st team to ever win when trailing by 15+ with only 4 minutes to go.

EDIT: But believe the D&C isn't quite correct, believe the Bills are the only 1 (of 4 or 5) to win in regulation after being down by that much with that little time left to go.  

Pretty sure I found the source of that quote: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-shocking-comeback-ends-this-717-game-losing-streak-by-nfl-teams-plus-16-more-wild-stats-from-week-1/

 

Doesn't say anything about regulation, but I suspect that was meant and somehow got missed in the publication.

[Demoted]

 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

According to the Rochester D&C, the stat that @Demoted quoted was SINCE 2017.  Since then, teams down by 15+ with 5 or less minutes left were 0-717.  And, according to the D&C, so take it for what it's worth, the Bills are the 1st team to ever win when trailing by 15+ with only 4 minutes to go.

EDIT: But believe the D&C isn't quite correct, believe the Bills are the only 1 (of 4 or 5) to win in regulation after being down by that much with that little time left to go.  

I do get a kick out of the games people say by saying down by 15 with 4 minutes left. I do it too. They started that drive down 15 with 7:16 left (how’s that for an omen?). So this was really a 7 minute comeback, not 4. 
 

And I don’t mean to take a thing away from them by saying it. We need to add as much drama as we can to make the stories and memories that much better. 

[Broken Ankles]

18 hours ago, carpandean said:

Add this:

 

Hamilton came really close to ripping our hearts out.

Saw this as the play unfolded and thought for sure it would be blocked.  Deone Walker should count his blessings.  He completely missed his blocking assignment.  It was unabated.  
 

The Henry/Jackson tandem is unicorn like so not too worried about the D.  The play where Rousseau and  Bosa are about the crush Jackson, there is exactly one QB who could have escaped. And he did. Those two, plus Oliver and Jones will fare much better against pocket passers than other D linesmen.  I still think they could be elite.  The safeties…not so much.  
 

 

[LGR4GM]

14 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

Saw this as the play unfolded and thought for sure it would be blocked.  Deone Walker should count his blessings.  He completely missed his blocking assignment.  It was unabated.  
 

The Henry/Jackson tandem is unicorn like so not too worried about the D.  The play where Rousseau and  Bosa are about the crush Jackson, there is exactly one QB who could have escaped. And he did. Those two, plus Oliver and Jones will fare much better against pocket passers than other D linesmen.  I still think they could be elite.  The safeties…not so much.  
 

 

Watching it over, I can't help but think Prater adjusted his kick a touch but maybe that's wishful thinking. 

Edited yesterday at 12:43 AM by LGR4GM

[That Aud Smell]

14 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Watching it over, I can't help but think Prater adjusted his kick a touch but maybe that's wishful thinking. 

the guy is effing ancient - but he's a gamer, a deeply seasoned vet with an elite kicker's mindset.

i don't doubt that he adjusted his swing in response to the oncoming, unblocked pressure.

[That Aud Smell]

15 hours ago, Broken Ankles said:

Saw this as the play unfolded and thought for sure it would be blocked.  Deone Walker should count his blessings.  He completely missed his blocking assignment.  It was unabated.  

this is life in the NFL, man. you have a rookie playing a position that can be critically important to winning or losing a game. hopefully he learns from the mistake.

i have little doubt that the ravens saw on tape that the bills had a rookie at that spot, and engineered something to confuse him and spring hamilton into the kicker's path.

it was a wonderfully fun game. but the fact that the bills won on that kick mostly comes down to dumb luck. in a simulated environment running that exact scenario, that kick gets blocked 90% (?) of the time.

Edited yesterday at 03:28 PM by That Aud Smell

[dudacek]

The psychology of fandom is fascinating stuff.

Im curious to see the Venn diagram of people who credit luck in both last-minute wins and last-minute losses.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Can't believe how bad Chicago imploded last night

[Night Train]

I'll take wins any way I can get them.  Loved it. 

[Demoted]

 

[That Aud Smell]

Troubling evaluations of Bernard are out there on the web — played terribly, looks hobbled.

Something to monitor.

My theory: He’s not sturdy or big enough to stay healthy at the position he plays.

[Doohickie]

18 hours ago, dudacek said:

The psychology of fandom is fascinating stuff.

Im curious to see the Venn diagram of people who credit luck in both last-minute wins and last-minute losses.

I read an AP article the day after the game and the focus wasn't so much how the Bills snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as it was the Raven just plain gave it away.

We've seen the Bills give it away too many times.  It doesn't bother me at all that they were on the other side of one of those games for a change.

[That Aud Smell]

19 hours ago, dudacek said:

The psychology of fandom is fascinating stuff.

Im curious to see the Venn diagram of people who credit luck in both last-minute wins and last-minute losses.

And what of supporters? 🫣

Like all teams, the Bills have been unlucky plenty of times. I suppose it evens out, over time.

I'm just trying to be (remain) realistic. There's often so much randomness and chance associated with a win or loss.

[dudacek]

37 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

And what of supporters? 🫣

Like all teams, the Bills have been unlucky plenty of times. I suppose it evens out, over time.

I'm just trying to be (remain) realistic. There's often so much randomness and chance associated with a win or loss.

Oh, I agree.

I was not so much commenting on your post itself, it just made me think of how much the personalities of individual fans colour their acknowledgement of this.

[That Aud Smell]

40 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Oh, I agree.

I was not so much commenting on your post itself, it just made me think of how much the personalities of individual fans colour their acknowledgement of this.

I can get immobilized with cosmic anxiety when I stop to really consider how good fortune, luck play massive, determining roles in our lives themselves as we trod around on this big blue ball that's spinning through our solar system.

[shrader]

7 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

I can get immobilized with cosmic anxiety when I stop to really consider how good fortune, luck play massive, determining roles in our lives themselves as we trod around on this big blue ball that's spinning through our solar system.

You mean like how the entire identity of the Buffalo sports fan would have changed with a probably microscopic difference in how one football was kicked?

[That Aud Smell]

14 minutes ago, shrader said:

You mean like how the entire identity of the Buffalo sports fan would have changed with a probably microscopic difference in how one football was kicked?

Nah. Much bigger. 

I mean like those instances when you leave the house to go somewhere in your car, but then are just slightly delayed because your wife wants to make sure she locked the back door, and you thereby avoid a likely fatal t-bone accident caused by a speeding car thief who's about to run a red light 1/2 mile from your home. Dumb luck.

[shrader]

48 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

Nah. Much bigger. 

I mean like those instances when you leave the house to go somewhere in your car, but then are just slightly delayed because your wife wants to make sure she locked the back door, and you thereby avoid a likely fatal t-bone accident caused by a speeding car thief who's about to run a red light 1/2 mile from your home. Dumb luck.

So some super hero origin story?  Superbowl's bigger.

[That Aud Smell]

12 minutes ago, shrader said:

So some super hero origin story?  Superbowl's bigger.

You're unwittingly prodding me to share a story from my own life that illustrates this principle in (what I think is) striking fashion.

I'll refrain, if you do the same.