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I guess the biggest thing I can't understand, is how they came out so flat, uninspired and lost in a home, divisional round, playoff game with Hamlin in attendance, I mean if you have to go out, go out fighting.
Maybe next year, again.
I don't think that's what happened. I think they got their asses beat by a better team and we have a long way to go to catch them. All the hype, all the expectations... it was unwarranted. It's a good team. It's not an elite team.
I did. I saw Bengals' WR's constantly wide open. I saw a patchwork Bengals' OL pushing our DL all over the place. I saw a D that lacked both the scheme and the talent to compete, and showed zero ability to make adjustments when things weren't working. I saw an offense that fell apart after a few early miscues.
It's a convenient excuse. "They came out flat- they were just emotionally drained." Except the same thing happened last year. And the year before that. It's a good team. It's not an elite team. They have a lot of work to do to compete with the elite teams, and it's going to be damn near impossible to do that with the cap situation.
I did. I saw Bengals' WR's constantly wide open. I saw a patchwork Bengals' OL pushing our DL all over the place. I saw a D that lacked both the scheme and the talent to compete, and showed zero ability to make adjustments when things weren't working. I saw an offense that fell apart after a few early miscues.
It's a convenient excuse. "They came out flat- they were just emotionally drained." Except the same thing happened last year. And the year before that. It's a good team. It's not an elite team. They have a lot of work to do to compete with the elite teams, and it's going to be damn near impossible to do that with the cap situation.
Congrats, you were right all along. Pat yourself on the back and move on.
I did. I saw Bengals' WR's constantly wide open. I saw a patchwork Bengals' OL pushing our DL all over the place. I saw a D that lacked both the scheme and the talent to compete, and showed zero ability to make adjustments when things weren't working. I saw an offense that fell apart after a few early miscues.
It's a convenient excuse. "They came out flat- they were just emotionally drained." Except the same thing happened last year. And the year before that. It's a good team. It's not an elite team. They have a lot of work to do to compete with the elite teams, and it's going to be damn near impossible to do that with the cap situation.
What is going to happen is we are going to keep spinning our wheels....then Allen is just going to go somewhere else where he actually has a chance to win because it ain't happening here with this regime.
I'm not going to start a fire this person or trade that person or this player has to go post.
I just want to state what others have probably said already: I'm very disappointed in the last two games of the season. They were, to paraphrase Sully, an offense that wasn't ready to win a Super Bowl. Or a defense for that matter.
I know the Hamlin incident is very hard to recover from, so I will give them that. They haven't been the same since he went down. PTSD is very real. Let's give them the benefit of the doubt no matter how hard it was to watch that game yesterday.
I have Bill-ieved for years, as many of us have, and will continue to do so, but that's a real crappy way to end the season.
There's a lot of discussion on the internet about the Hamlin incident.
Don't you think THAT incident alone led to the subpar performances? They didn't look like the same team in either game.
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There is a difference between they were emotionally drained and had nothing left to give and the other problems. I get that part and would accept the performance as a function of that were it not blatantly clear on a weekly basis this team lacks talent in some areas and the coaching it needs to be successful. It is a huge mistake to allow this Season From Hell to cover up the same issues under McDermott that never get addressed and will never be overcome. The Bills are undisciplined and myopic under McDermott.
Understand, I'm not trying to defend their play on Sunday, but if you could objectively look at this team, they have not been the same since their bye.
Almost had one stolen by the fish twice.
Racked up a boatload of penalties against Chicago.
Fumbled a win away vs Minnesota.
Came out flat against the Packers.
Needed last minute heroics to beat the Lions.
The only games where they actually looked good down the stretch were the Pats.
I thought Jerry Sullivan was classless for his This isn't a Championship Offense comment, but anyone who has watched this team since the merger could tell that something was not quite right.
Bengals started out slow, and eventually worked out the kinks.
Buffalo did the opposite...started out on a tear, and limped it's way down the stretch.
It was just disheartening to watch most of the team just go through the motions. Davis looked uninterested, the Entire Defense looked uninspired, Poyer missed about 10 tackles, Tre was absolutely useless.
Guys you expect to step up in the biggest games of the year, didn't. They faded. They folded. They looked like guys who didn't really care. There was next to zero emotion. I don't know what happened pregame, or leading up to the game, but something did. You don't just all of the sudden show up looking like that. Yes they've had bad starts to games before, but they've never just given up like that.
Okay but WHY would that be?
The NFL is a business and they don't want any more attention on the Hamlin thing to distract from the Superbowl.
"Boys, you're gonna LOSE today. It's for the good of the league..."
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The NFL is a business and they don't want any more attention on the Hamlin thing to distract from the Superbowl.
"Boys, you're gonna LOSE today. It's for the good of the league..."
The good of the league is the almighty dollar. A Mahomes/Allen indoor neutral site game would have been huge. That's what the NFL wanted. Unfortunately we weren't up to the task.
It was just disheartening to watch most of the team just go through the motions. Davis looked uninterested, the Entire Defense looked uninspired, Poyer missed about 10 tackles, Tre was absolutely useless.
Guys you expect to step up in the biggest games of the year, didn't. They faded. They folded. They looked like guys who didn't really care. There was next to zero emotion. I don't know what happened pregame, or leading up to the game, but something did. You don't just all of the sudden show up looking like that. Yes they've had bad starts to games before, but they've never just given up like that.
That’s my point. They just didn’t show up. Period. And for fans expecting a great playoff run, they looked like they didn’t care about us at all.
When I die, please don't let my wife sell my camera equipment for what I told her I paid for it.
I don't think that's what happened. I think they got their asses beat by a better team and we have a long way to go to catch them. All the hype, all the expectations... it was unwarranted. It's a good team. It's not an elite team.
As one who usually agrees with you, on this point we differ. They we not out played. They just didn’t play at all.
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