I guess Buffalo...

[Fiero425]

Huge turnaround, Lawrence short on 4th and 2 run. Buffalo scores up 10-7 but Josh Allen is getting beat up big time.

The idiot coach is calling the plays getting Allen beat up! I have no sympathy for these jerks!

 

[MarathonMike]

Here we go, 2 minute warning Bills at the 20 and down 4!

 

[TNHarley]

One minute no timeouts

 

[TNHarley]

Damn

 

[MarathonMike]

First time I've seen the "prevent" defense work. Bills rush 3, pass tipped, easy pick. Tough one for the Jags.

 

[leftwinger]

In these tight games there really are no losers. JKVILL could have easily drained a 60yd FG and we go to OT. Their kicker is good to 67?

Back to that 13sec BUF loss or even 1993 wide right, the media showing graphics trying to portray BUFF a playoff chokers or losers? I don't think so. McDermott does a good job too.

Someone has to advance. Today it was BUFF.

 

[Blaster]

A team needs luck to advance in the playoffs.

 

[MarathonMike]

IMO the big play was Lawrence short on 4th and 2 early in the game. They don't score any points and Buffalo goes the length of the field and gets a TD. 14 point swing is huge in a game like that.

 

[leftwinger]

Couple other times they ran QB draw up the middle? Put them in long to go every time. LAWRENCE is a slow starter. Big feet, not nimble. They have a good RB.

It has to be wide open without rush getting near him too. BUFF was ready for it (surprisingly). I was thinking better to roll him out with pass option choices.

IMO the big play was Lawrence short on 4th and 2 early in the game. They don't score any points and Buffalo goes the length of the field and gets a TD. 14 point swing is huge in a game like that.

 

[BackAgain]

From the old musical “Damn Yankees” came a cool and relevant song. HEART.

“You’ve gotta have heart.”

The Bills showed a ton of heart.

In fairness, so did the Jags.

 

[toobfreak]

A team needs luck to advance in the playoffs.

Luck is always an inevitable factor in every game. You cannot avoid luck. There is skill, training, penalties called, strategy involved, but luck always factors into the game as well. Some teams have good luck, others have bad luck.

The Bills finally impressed me, I did not think they could beat the Jags. The Jags had their final shot in the last minute but a lucky tipped ball fell right into the hands of a defender and that ended the game.

Good news for the Bills, but you cannot plan for luck or count on luck, and when the Bills play the Pats (probably) next week, they cannot count on another lucky turn to win again; I mean, who knows, they might get it! They might have soaring luck! But you just cannot trust luck always showing up and working in your favor.

Worse now, Allen is pretty beat up, his throwing hand, his knee, and his foot. This will likely negatively impact his playing next week. I predict a good game but the Pats will take it. And if Allen goes out with injury, I see his back-up is Trubisky, which means that without Allen in the game, the Bill's are cooked.

Side Note: Am I the only person that was surprised that Chicago won on a controversy? The game ended with Chicago scoring the winning TD, the problem is his shoe clearly touched the sideline as he was hitting the end zone marker--- that could have left the play 1-2 yards short, yet surprisingly, there was no pause to review the footage and timing to confirm that he actually crossed the end zone BEFORE his shoe went out of bounds.

 

[Rocko]

Great game. Almost gave me a heart attack

 

[MarathonMike]

Great game. Almost gave me a heart attack

I think they should have killed 30 seconds before scoring. The Jags happily let Allen score with 1 minute left and a great long range kicker. Bad end game strategy that the Bills got away with imo.

 

[leftwinger]

the problem is his shoe clearly touched the sideline as he was hitting the end zone marker-

I don't remember that right now? I remember CHI player appear to hit sideline way back once?

It was another exciting game late after GB had it seemingly won easily. Surprisingly CHI scored 25 pts? In the 4th quarter? GB missed some kicks late?

I had my $10 bet locked up by then, so I probably missed it?

 

[leftwinger]

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The game ended with Chicago scoring the winning TD,

That game was same as BUFF game. CHI was going to score. GB could let them and save enough time to retaliate? It almost worked. Without earlier missed Xpoint they had easily got in FG range. But down by 4?

 

[toobfreak]

I don't remember that right now? I remember CHI player appear to hit sideline way back once?
It was another great game and GB had it seemingly won easily. Surprisingly CHI scored 25 pts? In the 4th quarter? GB missed some kicks late?

My mistake, I might be thinking of the Rams, Panthers game. They had the Chicago game blanked out unless you paid Amazon to watch it.

The game ended with a run into the end zone as the clock ran out and the camera clearly showed the runner's foot touching the side line as he hit the end zone marker at the corner, the question is was his foot already out of bounds before or after he crossed the the goal line?

It won the game and I was surprised considering how they usual excruciate over every detail on a scoring play not to mention a season on the line that they just gave it away and no one reviewed or even questioned it. I don't even see anyone questioning it still, yet there was no green showing between his shoe and the sideline when he scored, and that is always considered out of bounds as soon as your foot touches the white line.

 

[MarathonMike]

Do you mean the touchdown pass to Parkinson? No the ball had broken the plane of the goal line first. Great pass and an even better catch.

 

[leftwinger]

CHI QB threw qty (2) 4th down 2nd half red-zone interceptions in the GB game last night that showed EXCEPTIONALLY high football IQ. Without time to think. Prove me wrong.

4th down desperation, trailing. Inside the 20. He backpeddles, huge rush bearing down on him. He floats a ball up to the three yd line. GB catches the ball, happy times are here again!, the CHI crowd goes depressed.

I was thinking best possible CHI outcome? If GB Knocks the ball down instead they get it on the 17 or whatever it was? By floating it into no man's land, GB had to go catch it to prevent a CHI receiver going after it. Brilliant. I have new respect for that guy. Not worried his interceptions!! Team player. Twice!

I hereby dub thee the new HAND-POOCH-PUNT or the INFIELD-FLY-PUNT?


Edit; my bad. Ai says both were in the1st half. One was from the 40? Nearly midfield after pressured backwards. Still good to force-entice GB to field them by launching punts. One was close-in I'm sure if it!!! Dammeeettt AI wont go find it!. Other QB of course have thrown deep hand-punts over the years. But none have floated one for only 10-30 yds to inside the five yd line? GB was forced to accept it?



//The Chicago Bears threw two interceptions inside the Green Bay Packers' 20-yard line during their Wild Card playoff game on January 10, 2026, though both occurred in the first half. The first interception was thrown by Caleb Williams on a fourth-and-6 play from the Chicago 40, which was caught by Packers cornerback Carrington Valentine, who was penalized for catching the ball instead of letting it fall incomplete, resulting in a 27-yard loss in field position. The second interception was also thrown by Williams in the first half, on a deep pass attempt that was incomplete and resulted in an interception by Packers defender Keisean Nixon. These turnovers occurred during a period when the Bears were struggling to convert on key drives, and the Packers capitalized on the mistakes to build a 21-3 halftime lead.