Home field advantage is so overrated. It might even create added pressure for the home team, thus disadvantaging them
Divisional Round What Are We Learning
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Two Utes
Manual Toothbrushes FTW
Shouldn't have come down to it but.......
Big daddy naught
Pretty much a regular
Kc d still blows. Buffalo d the last 2 min an absolute joke
Big daddy naught
Pretty much a regular
Cincy/kc total gonna be in 60s lol
wiseplayer
Pretty much a regular
I couldn’t recover from the Rams outcome and then the KC-Bills 4th qrtr flattened me out. All while purchasing a ticket for the NFC Championship game. I’ll be there!
Colin Wynner
Pretty much a regular
There were dozens of ways to play that final 13 seconds for the Bills that would have resulted in a victory but they somehow chose the one way that resulted in a tie game and a toss of the dice.
Starting with the kickoff why not squib the ball down the middle? It seems like that is at least a couple seconds even if the returner falls on the ball.
The next two plays were atrocious design - two safeties 30 yards off the ball, Wallace covering the sideline in no-mans land, rushing four while leaving an uncontested pass is clueless. The Chiefs needed two completion of 20 yards to have a shot, the Bills scheme afforded that with little to no resistance.
Play to Hill:
In that situation, a rush is useless, the ball is coming out quick no matter if you blitzed or rushed no one. I would have rushed two, kept three guys at 20-25 yards off the ball, two guys over the top at about 15 yards on each side and then remaining you line up in man coverage right on top of the receivers, the absolute worst case is you get holding penalty, best case you get a good jam and throw off the timing. Either way barring a bevy of missed tackles, it's no more than a 15 yard gain and probably 5 seconds off the clock.
Play to Kelce:
Same thing s above, rush is totally useless in that scenario. In fact, I would almost be tempted to rush no one, but again the key is getting a jam off the line, hold or tackle if you have to, a holding penalty there moves the ball to the Chiefs 49, likely puts the Chiefs in a hail mary situation or trot Butkey our for a 68 yard field - so you 100% hold the receivers but you cannot hold the receivers if you are covering 40 yards downfield. Kelce is close enough to the left tackle that at worst Addison should have moved out and chipped him, Wallace needed to be inside a good five yards of where he was lined up and he had zero inside help. Kelce free release and easy pitch and catch.
Complete and total failure by the Bills coaches in that last 13 seconds. That should and will sting for awhile.
Starting with the kickoff why not squib the ball down the middle? It seems like that is at least a couple seconds even if the returner falls on the ball.
The next two plays were atrocious design - two safeties 30 yards off the ball, Wallace covering the sideline in no-mans land, rushing four while leaving an uncontested pass is clueless. The Chiefs needed two completion of 20 yards to have a shot, the Bills scheme afforded that with little to no resistance.
Play to Hill:
In that situation, a rush is useless, the ball is coming out quick no matter if you blitzed or rushed no one. I would have rushed two, kept three guys at 20-25 yards off the ball, two guys over the top at about 15 yards on each side and then remaining you line up in man coverage right on top of the receivers, the absolute worst case is you get holding penalty, best case you get a good jam and throw off the timing. Either way barring a bevy of missed tackles, it's no more than a 15 yard gain and probably 5 seconds off the clock.
Play to Kelce:
Same thing s above, rush is totally useless in that scenario. In fact, I would almost be tempted to rush no one, but again the key is getting a jam off the line, hold or tackle if you have to, a holding penalty there moves the ball to the Chiefs 49, likely puts the Chiefs in a hail mary situation or trot Butkey our for a 68 yard field - so you 100% hold the receivers but you cannot hold the receivers if you are covering 40 yards downfield. Kelce is close enough to the left tackle that at worst Addison should have moved out and chipped him, Wallace needed to be inside a good five yards of where he was lined up and he had zero inside help. Kelce free release and easy pitch and catch.
Complete and total failure by the Bills coaches in that last 13 seconds. That should and will sting for awhile.
Lexington 125
I cap it all, and I cap it well.
Great post. I couldn't bring myself to listen to any of the coaches responses yet but idk what they were thinking
Gandolf
Leader of the Van Buren Boys
Rewatching that finish I learned that Mecole Hardman, with a chance to be the playoff hero, streaking down the sideline in OT with the ball, a chance to be the man who scores the game winning TD in perhaps the greatest game ever played, isn't above making a business decision and ducking out of bounds at the 8 like a bitch to avoid contact. Cmon man!
Gandolf
Leader of the Van Buren Boys
And they called a timeout before each play!!!! What the hell did they talk about?
Great post Colin
"we're on to Cincinnati"
skanless13
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
I’m just impressed with your Gabriel Davis prop play. I blindly tailed you on that one because you know your team very well and it seemed just obscure enough. I’ve watched a handful of Bills games but didn’t even remember his name. Through the first quarter or so I don’t think he did anything and I was silently beginning to curse the play. Then…. Holy crap! I wonder what the odds were on the G Davis 4 TDs and 150 yds lol
Lexington 125
I cap it all, and I cap it well.
Thanks skanless I was hoping someone did. I hit his TD+250 & o60+300 prop in retro I wish I banged that one. I think 3 tds was +75000 not positive.
He's going to be a problem next year.
2daBank
Voice of Reason
Lex straight up crushed it with gabe Davis!! I woulda tailed also but I didnt see Lex post on him until I got home from casino, all cause I thought the Sunday games started at normal time so I went early! Lol. I have no clue what price woulda been on 4 tds but I’m positive you coulda got Davis over 125 and 1td at better than 20-1! Just 2 tds I think was 15-1 at least! Best prop call of year, I thought the week on Monday night or Sunday night (I forget) I played Denver rookie rb over 100 rush 50 receiving for 12-1 was good! Didn’t hold a candle to the odds on Davis!
2daBank
Voice of Reason
If you only woulda posted it before I went to casino, or I didn’t go so early cause I was wrong bout start time! lol. I already had him wrote down for over his catches and yards but didn’t even play that cause I had so many bets by time I got to that part my paper decided I had enough, lol. Soon as I saw ya post on him I knew I fucked up not getting some. As I said above, best prop call of year.
