What’s with the national media “feeling sorry” for Buffalo?

[Jetlife33]

I don’t have an exact clip I can post here, but being home these last few days I’ve gotten to watch a lot of media coverage of this past weekends games which I normally don’t get to do. Between people feeling sorry because Buffalo played great and lost or because Josh Allen didn’t get to touch the ball because of the OT rules, etc. list goes on and on. Stephen a smith anointing  Allen “the next Brady” in a game where his team choked and lost is insane. They literally choked away an AFC championship game appearance with 13 seconds left on the clock. The jets would be crucified, made fun of and and the fans would go through hell because of it. Instead buffalo is getting lauded and sympathized with.  I know it doesn’t make a difference to us either way but what gives? 
 

edited “he” to team 

[Jetlife33]

I know we don’t care about Dallas and most fans hate them, but last week they choked the last 14 or however many seconds of a game and they’re still getting crucified and laughed at.  Meanwhile the bills do it in even worse fashion and get sympathy across the board. 

[RedBeardedSavage]

Allen didn't choke. He played one of the best games of any QB in recent memory.

It's clearly a bad beat for the Bills - why is it so bad to say that?

[GreenFish]

Have you been to Buffalo? I felt sorry for Buffalo before the game.

[Jetlife33]

2 minutes ago, RedBeardedSavage said:

Allen didn't choke. He played one of the best games of any QB in recent memory.

It's clearly a bad beat for the Bills - why is it so bad to say that?

You are correct. I should’ve said in a game where his team choked. People want McCarthy to get fired in Dallas. This game? People want the OT rules changed because Allen didn’t get to touch the ball. I just find it odd. 

[Fantasy Island]

I'm a Jets fan.  What is a playoff game? 

[slimjasi]

18 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

 Stephen a smith anointing  Allen “the next Brady” in a game he choked and lost is insane. 

[slimjasi]

Bills are "loveable losers"

Their organization and fans got a lot of sympathy after "wide right" and 4 straight SB losses. 

People also love Allen. Great player, wholesome image, good story. 

[RedBeardedSavage]

2 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

You are correct. I should’ve said in a game where his team choked. People want McCarthy to get fired in Dallas. This game? People want the OT rules changed because Allen didn’t get to touch the ball. I just find it odd. 

Well, the Cowboys were home, favorited, clearly the more talented team, and called a QB sneak with what, 14 seconds left and no timeouts?

The Bills, sure, in hindsight, they shouldn't have kicked a touchback on that last kickoff in regulation time. A mistake for sure.

But it still took some unbelievable magic to beat them.

The Cowboys got beatup that whole game, were lucky that Jimmy G gave them two fourth quarter chances to come back and that sneak call was a far more horrendous decision than the Bills decision to kick it deep - at least in my opinion. 

[slimjasi]

1 minute ago, RedBeardedSavage said:

 

The Bills, sure, in hindsight, they shouldn't have kicked a touchback on that last kickoff in regulation time. A mistake for sure.

Not just in hindsight. Everyone I was watching the game with was screaming it at the TV and Romo questioned it in real time. That was a brutal decision. 

[Jetlife33]

5 minutes ago, slimjasi said:

Haha I deserved this, but I addressed it already. I used he in place of the team. The team choked. 

[Copernicus]

20 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I don’t have an exact clip I can post here, but being home these last few days I’ve gotten to watch a lot of media coverage of this past weekends games which I normally don’t get to do. Between people feeling sorry because Buffalo played great and lost or because Josh Allen didn’t get to touch the ball because of the OT rules, etc. list goes on and on. Stephen a smith anointing  Allen “the next Brady” in a game he choked and lost is insane. They literally choked away an AFC championship game appearance with 13 seconds left on the clock. The jets would be crucified, made fun of and and the fans would go through hell because of it. Instead buffalo is getting lauded and sympathized with.  I know it doesn’t make a difference to us either way but what gives? 

I agree with most of this. Allen probably didnt choke but if this were the Jets you better believe the angle would be that Wilson and the Jets choked and they are a laughing stock. For those that dont think having your own stadium/ home field is an advantage, I would guess that the national media and most Bills fans (and non Bills) fans like/love the Bills because they have a small town feel, play outdoors and have a tremendous "our house" mentality because of their stadium.  

[DonCorleone]

28 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I don’t have an exact clip I can post here, but being home these last few days I’ve gotten to watch a lot of media coverage of this past weekends games which I normally don’t get to do. Between people feeling sorry because Buffalo played great and lost or because Josh Allen didn’t get to touch the ball because of the OT rules, etc. list goes on and on. Stephen a smith anointing  Allen “the next Brady” in a game he choked and lost is insane. They literally choked away an AFC championship game appearance with 13 seconds left on the clock. The jets would be crucified, made fun of and and the fans would go through hell because of it. Instead buffalo is getting lauded and sympathized with.  I know it doesn’t make a difference to us either way but what gives? 

Wait, are you saying that Allen Choked?

[kevinc855]

They were winning with 13 seconds left. 
 

All they needed to do was not allow the chiefs to go 50 yards with enough time to kick a field goal 

and they did

The Bills did it to themselves 

[PFSIKH]

Why?  Because it is not fair blah blah blah.  JimmyG is playing for the Superbowl after a game in which he had a 11.9 QBR.  Josh Allen had 14 incompletions 9 TDs in two games.

Like gas, it will pass.

[Dunnie]

The Jets cannot get distracted by this ... all they need to do is focus on getting better. That is all. Everything else is noise.

[Jetlife33]

4 minutes ago, DonCorleone said:

Wait, are you saying that Allen Choked?

No, he couldn’t have played any better. But the team obviously choked. Special teams and defense. But the narrative is poor Buffalo and they were robbed because of OT rules. Could you imagine if the jets did what Buffalo just did? It’d just be the next jets blunder. Buffalo, with a worse history than the jets is getting lauded for a playoff choke job. Heck, change the OT rules now because of it! 

[BigRy56]

They choked 4 Superbowls straight, didn’t go to the playoffs for like 20 years, then started choking the post season away again. I guess it’s easy to feel bad for them

[Jetlife33]

2 minutes ago, Dunnie said:

The Jets cannot get distracted by this ... all they need to do is focus on getting better. That is all. Everything else is noise.

This is 100% true. 

[Green Ghost]

36 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I don’t have an exact clip I can post here, but being home these last few days I’ve gotten to watch a lot of media coverage of this past weekends games which I normally don’t get to do. Between people feeling sorry because Buffalo played great and lost or because Josh Allen didn’t get to touch the ball because of the OT rules, etc. list goes on and on. Stephen a smith anointing  Allen “the next Brady” in a game he choked and lost is insane. They literally choked away an AFC championship game appearance with 13 seconds left on the clock. The jets would be crucified, made fun of and and the fans would go through hell because of it. Instead buffalo is getting lauded and sympathized with.  I know it doesn’t make a difference to us either way but what gives? 

I stopped reading when you said Allen choked.

[Peace Frog]

17 minutes ago, slimjasi said:

Bills are "loveable losers"

Their organization and fans got a lot of sympathy after "wide right" and 4 straight SB losses. 

People also love Allen. Great player, wholesome image, good story. 

I think this right here.  If they run off a bunch of SBs folks will start to despise them but for right now, like you said, loveable losers, jumping off Porto-Johns onto platic folding tables, living in that region, the Bills mafia.

It's cute.  For now.  

[DonCorleone]

3 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

No, he couldn’t have played any better. But the team obviously choked. Special teams and defense. But the narrative is poor Buffalo and they were robbed because of OT rules. Could you imagine if the jets did what Buffalo just did? It’d just be the next jets blunder. Buffalo, with a worse history than the jets is getting lauded for a playoff choke job. Heck, change the OT rules now because of it! 

Thanks. I must have totally misread that.

[Jetlife33]

3 minutes ago, Green Ghost said:

I stopped reading when you said Allen choked.

Rightfully so, I meant to say the team/they. Said it a few times now. Unless you don’t think the team choked either and were robbed. He did choke the coin toss, Allen should’ve called heads obviously. 
I feel the need to say that was sarcasm. 

[slimjasi]

You know, given how brutal this Chiefs loss was, a lot of people will forget about the Houston loss from a few years ago. That one was also just beyond brutal. 

[Jetlife33]

2 minutes ago, DonCorleone said:

Thanks. I must have totally misread that.

I typed he when I should’ve typed they/the team. Allen could not have played a better game. Hats off to him. 

[RedBeardedSavage]

27 minutes ago, slimjasi said:

Not just in hindsight. Everyone I was watching the game with was screaming it at the TV and Romo questioned it in real time. That was a brutal decision. 

Fair enough. But I just don't think it's on the same level as calling a sneak with 15 seconds left and no timeouts.

[DonCorleone]

2 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I typed he when I should’ve typed they/the team. Allen could not have played a better game. Hats off to him. 

Agreed. I also agree that most of the team (coaching especially) choked all around him.

[slimjasi]

2 minutes ago, RedBeardedSavage said:

Fair enough. But I just don't think it's on the same level as calling a sneak with 15 seconds left without any no timeouts.

haha, agreed. 

[extmenace]

I think its mostly because of how well of a game JA played. For the most part, seems like he's a fan favorite if you like the bills or not. If JA didn't play as well as he did, I think there would be more talk of the bills playcalling during those last 13 seconds of regulation. No matter how you swing it, the playcalling of the kick off and the 2 plays leading up to the game tying FG were horrible. 

[Jetlife33]

1 minute ago, DonCorleone said:

Agreed. I also agree that most of the team (coaching especially) choked all around him.

Agreed, yet not much criticism for McDermott & Frazier. All the attention on OT rules. 

[Jetlife33]

Just now, extmenace said:

I think its mostly because of how well of a game JA played. For the most part, seems like he's a fan favorite if you like the bills or not. If JA didn't play as well as he did, I think there would be more talk of the bills playcalling during those last 13 seconds of regulation. No matter how you swing it, the playcalling of the kick off and the 2 plays leading up to the game tying FG were horrible. 

Agreed, and at the same time Mahomes out played him yet you’re hearing more about Allen. Is it because Mahomes has been to 4 straight AFCCG and they wanted the underdog? They never pulled that with Brady being there all those years. 

[ZachEY]

30% poverty rate and the last notable thing to happen there was Attica?

[UntouchableCrew]

42 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

You are correct. I should’ve said in a game where his team choked. People want McCarthy to get fired in Dallas. This game? People want the OT rules changed because Allen didn’t get to touch the ball. I just find it odd. 

Totally agree with you.

The reality is in sports there are "good guys" and "bad guys" within the media narrative.

Buffalo is a good guy. Best fans, cursed, tough blue collar city, etc. When they're bad they're pitied and when they're good they're lauded.

The Jets, even though we suck, are bad guys. When we suck we're mocked and when we're good (if that ever happens) people wait to tear us down when we fail.

[Jetlife33]

Here’s another thing I keep seeing, a missed taunting penalty? Yeah that’s why they lost. Give me a break. 

[DonCorleone]

6 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

Agreed, yet not much criticism for McDermott & Frazier. All the attention on OT rules. 

That is incredible. Why concentrate on something that should never have happened?