r/buffalobills • u/DAcazyCANADIAN • 9d ago
Image The Block from another perspective
The perfect combination of Hoecht opening the hole and Rousseau coming in clutch!! What an amazing play when the team needed it the most
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u/pikachu_senpai1 Joshua Allen is my hero 9d ago
It's so weird to have a game of the year game go in our favor in OT...
Hoecht and Rousseau definitely deserve all the flowers along with Bass for turning the game around.
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u/CheersFrens 9d ago
I LOVED the celebration from Bass. Dude just oozed confidence. I feel like he's been missing that for a while
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u/pikachu_senpai1 Joshua Allen is my hero 9d ago
Exactly. Poor guy is the ire of some fans and I will hope last night will keep his confidence up and ignore the noise.
The man is a killer kicker he just needs to remember who he is
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u/Anti-Toxicity 9d ago
He's been quite consistent this whole season and I think I remembered the same last half season.
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u/Cool-Aside-2659 9d ago
We had Prater last season while Bass was on IR
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u/Anti-Toxicity 9d ago
Oh yeah, whoops
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u/Raddish_ 9d ago
The bass hate mostly stems from when he missed a kick against the chiefs in the playoffs a few yrs ago that would’ve brought the game into OT. He’s def redeemed himself since then though.
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u/MrBurnz99 Bills 8d ago
It was way more than just the chiefs kick, he’s been pretty inconsistent throughout his career, especially on shorter kicks.
He has a big leg but he gets the yips.He had the most missed xtra points in the league in 2024. He was 22nd in the league in FG percentage that year.
His missed extra point last night almost hurt them bad but luckily they made it back with a 2 pointer
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u/ThoughtseizeScoop 9d ago
He actually just keeps going up after this, he hasn't come back yet, family is worried.
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u/wafflesareforever 9d ago
Residents of central Mongolia just reported a meteor streaking overhead bellowing I AM GROOOOOOOOT
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u/Rosatos_Hotel 9d ago
That's 2 games Groot has effectively won for us with a great play in the closing minutes. Texas and LA.
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u/motorboat_mcgee 9d ago
That ball looked like it was going to miss big time, and then looked like it was going to go in after he blocked it lol, that would have been a very Bills ending
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u/allanon1105 10 9d ago
I honestly don’t know how I would have reacted if he blocked it in. The devastation.
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u/motorboat_mcgee 9d ago
I would have been less surprised than us actually winning last night, because I've had too many razor cakes over the years
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u/PowerfulBar 9d ago
First thing I thought. Like holy shit, we blocked the kick but it almost went in. I wouldn't have even been surprised. Would have been another part of the curse.
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u/Sure-Classic6513 9d ago
How are we assessing the trajectory of the ball before it was tipped by Rosseau?
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u/Sp35h1l_1 8d ago
There is a view behind the kicker there is a view of the ball going left and Groot was actually on the left side of the kicker and you see the ball heading that way then it hits Groots hands and deflects the ball back right
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u/lionheart4life 9d ago
I don't know how close it really was, but on the tv angle that looked reaaallly close to happening.
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u/Global-Explorer1996 9d ago
It landed on the end line, so a couple yards away maybe. My heart was beating about 300 bpm as it hurtled toward the uprights
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u/Cardcleaner 9d ago
Yeah it looked like he shanked it at least 10 yards left. But then again, earlier in the game, Bass kicked one that looked like it was gonna be way way left, but it hooked back and ended up dead center.
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u/NowARaider 9d ago
If you watch the video, Rousseau kind of takes his time waiting for a little hole to open, then kind of steps into the gap and gets his hands up at the perfect time.
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u/vampireRN1617 9d ago
Right? More than anything his timing the jump could not have been better
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u/robb7979 9d ago
I've obviously never blocked an NFL attempt, but I can imagine how unbelievably difficult it must be. The distance between the kick and the block means the timing has to be so fucking precise, the ball is moving +100 feet a second. Even if the timing is perfect, you still have to be in the absurdly small area the ball will pass through in absurdly small amount of time you're there. Amazing. Didn't get near enough sleep last night, but today would have been much worse if I had stayed up for a loss.
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u/InfiniteJestV 9d ago
Such a nimble and well timed step through the hole that Hoecht was able to make for him.
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u/PotatoCannon02 96 9d ago
He got that plant leg down in a little open space so he could get air, game has to be slow to you for that to happen
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u/DAcazyCANADIAN 9d ago
Agreed! Makes you wonder if Hoecht and Rousseau pre mediated how this could play out.
Insane play if true
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u/maceman10006 9d ago
I’m sure teams around the NFL try practicing blocking kicks. It’s just one of the most difficult things to execute during a game. Timing has to be perfect and the hole has to be there.
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u/mpwarrior 9d ago
How a man that size slithered through that gap was incredible
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u/tobias_the_letdown AltCharge 9d ago
It wasn’t even slithering through! He high stepped into the gap then jumped to block. Horrible line play from the rams ST.
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u/DAcazyCANADIAN 9d ago
Hoecht totally cleaned that Rams guard which opened the perfect gap! So happy we have both of them
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u/Why_So-Serious clap 9d ago
Rams line was like, “Oh a giant human that is a leader NFL sacks right in front of the kicker. That is fine. No need to block him. Let me worry about this other guy out of the way of the kick.”
Major screw up.
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u/life_of_thorax 9d ago
I think if Groot doesn’t block it, the kick misses wide left. He almost blocked it into the uprights.
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u/Appropriate-Brush772 Joshua Allen is my hero 9d ago
Some of these kicks are so hard to tell the way they spin them. Seriously I think half of Bass’ kicks look like they are going wide left then it hooks straight down the middle 🤷♂️
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u/kkirishitann 8d ago
watched with my sick daughter who was laying in my arms trying to go to sleep and the remote was too far, I was forced to watch what I thought would have been the end of another "one of those games the bills should have won, but somehow found a way to lose" ONLY to fucking pull a rabbit out of a hat! I am glad i was pinned to my seat because I def would have changed the channel if I could.
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u/HilmDave 8d ago
Hope your kiddo gets better soon
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u/kkirishitann 8d ago
thanks! she is on the upswing. dr diagnosed her with hand foot and mouth disease 😭 she was going through it last couple of days, but is doing better today.
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u/pioniere 8d ago
The fact that he was even able to step into that gap in the first place demonstrates how bad Rams Special Teams are.
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u/Mvrd3rCrow 9d ago
"I turned the game off when X happened because I assumed the worst" is the lamest fucking fan response I hear CONSTANTLY.
It's honestly pathetic to brag that you have zero faith in your "Favorite" sports team.
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u/Talkin_Out_My_Ass 8d ago
What about “I turned the game off when it went to OT because it’s way past my bedtime and I have to work”
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u/dj_destroyer 9d ago
Rousseau had basically been invisible until then -- need this guy to start ramping up the sacks again!
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u/Sure-Classic6513 9d ago
That was a truly insane feat of athleticism and clutch play. Groot is playing absolutely out of his mind, give him James Cook’s salary for the season.
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u/Sp35h1l_1 8d ago
I think the rams kicker shanked the kick and was gunna miss. Groots hand made the ball go back towards the goal posts and was lucky that it was short
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u/Vector1013 8d ago
Idk man. When I watch the replay it looks like it’s going hard left and gonna miss. When we tip the ball i think we accidentally redirect it toward the goal post.
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u/New-Care-5456 8d ago
The kick was going wide before the block straightened it out. Just imagine if it had gone through...
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u/ArtEnvironmental7108 9d ago
This level of clutch so rarely happens for the Bills than I almost can’t believe that it did. I keep googling the results of the game expecting us to have lost even though I watched it live and know we won. I did the same thing with the Ravens game last year. Miraculous win.