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If the Bengals don't waste both their timeouts on 5 yard passes down the middle, that could've gotten more interesting.

I see we STILL don't know what a catch is.

Ultimaterializer posted...

I see we STILL don't know what a catch is.

He does not have the ball in his hands for a split second after he hits the ground. Pretty clearly not a catch.

We never will, so...

also I don't know what the target demographic is for "80 for Brady"

LeonhartFour posted...

also I don't know what the target demographic is for "80 for Brady"

I have no idea why the movie exists, or what it's supposed to do, but every commercial for it looks beyond awful.

Not sure how they got this one wrong, it was an obvious TD in real time and it's just as obvious now.

4 penalties for 9 yards is something though.

I think Mixon is across, but you can't ever see the ball cross the line (at least not in the replays I've seen), so this might be a tough challenge to win.

I'd have to see it again, but you should still be able to infer if you can see where the ball definitively wasn't that a TD was scored if there's no way for the ball to be behind the goal line.

LeonhartFour posted...

I think Mixon is across, but you can't ever see the ball cross the line (at least not in the replays I've seen), so this might be a tough challenge to win.

Except it was physically impossible for the ball not to be across.

Crescent-Moon posted...

Except it was physically impossible for the ball not to be across.

well yeah but I don't know if refs "infer" that way

although they overturned it so I guess they do

Bills refusing to run routes over the middle for some reason.

Taylor used Karate Chop!

It's Super Effective!

Cincinnati has clearly been the better team for the first three quarters

One more score probably ends the game

Can't say I saw it coming, but Zac Taylor has significantly outcoached the Bills this game.

LeonhartFour posted...

Cincinnati has clearly been the better team for the first three quarters

One more score probably ends the game

And the Ravens outplayed the Bengals

So were the Ravens actually bad at all?

Divisional games are weird because you know each other so well. Baltimore's defense was really good. If they had a competent offense, they'd have probably won, but that goes without saying.

Obvious pass interference and self inflicted friendly fire probably come close to ending the game here, as long as Bengals don't bungle.

Yeah, would have loved the Ravens' Super Bowl chances if they had a QB. Great running game + great defense is a lethal playoff combination if you can do anything in the passing game while limiting turnovers.

Both first and second down there shoulda been TDs if Burrow executed.

But there's worse times to slip up than this!

we thought Mahomes vs. Allen might become the new Brady vs. Manning but it might turn out to be Mahomes vs. Burrow

that score should do it for Cincy

I can't believe I got taken for a ride by the Buffafraud Bills

Game's not over since the Bills are capable of scoring quickly. Them getting defensive stops seems like an impossible hurdle though. McDermott should have gone for it on 4th and 2 instead of punting last possession.

Yeah, Buffalo has the firepower to score quickly, but I've seen precious little evidence that their defense can get a quick stop. They'd need Cincinnati to be complicit in their own demise.

Well the Bengals did just turn 7 points into 3 and do have a specific nickname but...

Easy to say this now but I always felt the line for this game was way too skewed towards the Bills. -6 seemed kinda crazy to me.

Then again, I always liked the Bengals in this game so maybe I'm biased.

Burrow has mitigated a lot of their Bungling ways. The way they won last week was the way you'd have expected them to lose in years past.

Burrow is already the all-time leader for playoff wins for Cincy.

Allen didn't feel it coming at all, and that's going to stand as a fumble that should wrap up the game.

Bengals have hit him a lot but never really *got* him until now.

LeonhartFour posted...

Burrow has mitigated a lot of their Bungling ways. The way they won last week was the way you'd have expected them to lose in years past.

Burrow is already the all-time leader for playoff wins for Cincy.

Yep. Yep he has.

Thorn posted...

Easy to say this now but I always felt the line for this game was way too skewed towards the Bills. -6 seemed kinda crazy to me.

Then again, I always liked the Bengals in this game so maybe I'm biased.

Vegas loved Buffalo this year, so they always got inflated lines.

i feel like that's a forward pass

colliding posted...

i feel like that's a forward pass

It looked like the ball was moving before the arm started moving forward

But I didn't see the replay because cat

They called that a fumble in Jags/Titans. I think it's a pass, but we'll see what they decide this time.

Thorn posted...

Easy to say this now but I always felt the line for this game was way too skewed towards the Bills. -6 seemed kinda crazy to me.

Then again, I always liked the Bengals in this game so maybe I'm biased.

Yeah I had this game as a coin flip. I eventually went with Bills purely because of home field

Feel like Buffalo isn't moving nearly fast enough here.

And that's game.

Buffalo never did enough in this game to ever really get me glued to it.

So when do we start having the Josh Allen cant win important games conversation

Shattered posted...

Yeah I had this game as a coin flip. I eventually went with Bills purely because of home field

I picked the Bengals the first time and the only time I ever questioned picking them again was because they looked awful last week.

Bengals are the better team and Burrow is the better QB.

Football posted...

So when do we start having the Josh Allen cant win important games conversation

Now.

But it's McDermott too. The Bills have been outplayed and he has been outcoached.

I really thought this one would be close. Ah well.

If I were a Bills fan, I don't think I'd be in a full on panic yet, but it would be in the back of my mind how competitive the AFC is and likely will be for the entire Bills window here. Another year of losing to Bengals/Chiefs and despair would set in for me.

Suprak_the_Stud posted...

I really thought this one would be close. Ah well.

If I were a Bills fan, I don't think I'd be in a full on panic yet, but it would be in the back of my mind how competitive the AFC is and likely will be for the entire Bills window here. Another year of losing to Bengals/Chiefs and despair would set in for me.

Panic no... Worry yes.

Football posted...

So when do we start having the Josh Allen cant win important games conversation

I mean, he did everything he could have possibly done to beat the Chiefs last year, so I don't know how much of this is on him.

He just wasn't the same after he injured his elbow this year. He played through it, but it hampered him.

Yeah, despite the wins, I haven't had hope as a Bills fan since the midpoint of the season.

Allen's elbow got hurt.
Von Miller got hurt.
Micah Hyde got hurt.

Those all combined were enough to make us much more fragile than we were at season start.

But yeah, our play calling was shit this game. It was really bad.

Football posted...

So when do we start having the Josh Allen cant win important games conversation

Should have already happened. What has he ever won?

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Yeah, despite the wins, I haven't had hope as a Bills fan since the midpoint of the season.

Allen's elbow got hurt.
Von Miller got hurt.
Micah Hyde got hurt.

Those all combined were enough to make us much more fragile than we were at season start.

But yeah, our play calling was shit this game. It was really bad.

The team you lost to had their three best offensive lineman out. There is no excuse to lose that one.

Ultimaterializer posted...

The team you lost to had their three best offensive lineman out. There is no excuse to lose that one.

The Bengals made it to the Super Bowl last year with an even worse offensive line, so there's plenty of excuse to lose that one.

and we're really breaking out "what has he ever won" on a guy in his mid-20s huh

LeonhartFour posted...

we thought Mahomes vs. Allen might become the new Brady vs. Manning but it might turn out to be Mahomes vs. Burrow

I think we're at the point where there's no reason to restrict it to a duality anymore. And among everyone, Burrow is definitely gunning for that #1 spot and carrying himself as such.

Bengals are establishing a very good record against the Chiefs, Bills and Titans since he got there, especially if they win next week... if they get past their own division year to year, Burrow's anti-Bungles looking like a perennial force

I would like to see Bengals vs. Dolphins actually with both squads healthy. Their game this year was the second Tua concussion game with the fencing response... and then Bengals were also there for Hamlin of course so they've had a crazy year in that respect

It falls to Dallas/SF to give us a single great game this weekend.

save us dak

After Mahomes and Burrow, the standard for greatness has changed.

And by the way, fuck the Bills. They cried for changes to the overtime rules instead of looking in a mirror and fixing their defense. Very Peyton Manning Colts vibes where they blame everything else but themselves for gagging in the playoffs every year.