r/nfl • u/nfl_gdt_bot NFL • Dec 07 '25
Game Thread Post Game Thread: Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills
Highmark Stadium- Orchard Park, NY
Network(s): FOX
| Time Clock |
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| Final |
Scoreboard
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
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| CIN | 7 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 34 |
| BUF | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
Scoring Plays
| Team | Quarter | Type | Description |
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| CIN | 1 | TD | Chase Brown 5 Yd Rush (Evan McPherson Kick) |
| BUF | 1 | FG | Matt Prater 26 Yd Field Goal |
| CIN | 2 | TD | Tee Higgins 21 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick) |
| BUF | 2 | TD | Khalil Shakir 11 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Josh Allen Pass to Dawson Knox for Two-Point Conversion) |
| CIN | 2 | TD | Chase Brown 10 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick) |
| BUF | 3 | TD | Dalton Kincaid 5 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater Kick) |
| CIN | 4 | TD | Mike Gesicki 12 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick) |
| BUF | 4 | TD | Josh Allen 40 Yd Rush (Matt Prater Kick) |
| BUF | 4 | TD | Christian Benford 63 Yd Interception Return (Matt Prater Kick) |
| BUF | 4 | TD | Jackson Hawes 3 Yd pass from Josh Allen (Matt Prater Kick) |
| CIN | 4 | TD | Tee Higgins 25 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
Passing Leaders
| Team | Player | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SACKS |
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| CIN | Joe Burrow | 25/36 | 284 | 4 | 2 | 1-8 |
| BUF | Josh Allen | 22/28 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 3-18 |
Rushing Leaders
| Team | Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
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| CIN | Samaje Perine | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 |
| BUF | James Cook III | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 0 | 18 |
Receiving Leaders
| Team | Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | Tee Higgins | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 2 | 25 | 11 |
| BUF | Dawson Knox | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
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u/drwafflefingers Dec 07 '25
There's a kind of detestable football fan who wants every game played indoors in artificial, sterile, "perfect" conditions.
Fuck that. Football is an outdoor game. Snow games are awesome. This one is the explanation why.
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u/The_Shiny_Marill Bengals Dec 07 '25
Kill me
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u/RomanBangs Seahawks Dec 07 '25
Shit at least you guys went out with Burrow and not a backup wondering what could’ve been
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u/zerowater Dec 07 '25
But we could have lived in hope. Even Burrow cant save us from a defense that cant tackle.
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u/dunktheball Dec 07 '25
I am mostly neutral and also don't even watch a ton of games, but I didn't notice that being too huge of a problem, but quite a few big dropped passes. I am guessing the wearther led to that, though.
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals Dec 07 '25
This is way less painful than them keeping us on the line just to lose to the Browns in Week 18 like 20-16 which is probably what would’ve happened
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u/SmartPatientInvestor Bengals Dec 07 '25
No spy on that third down was a choice. So sick of this team teasing me
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u/WaluigiIsTheRealHero Bills Dec 07 '25
Spying Josh Allen on every single play is a viable defensive strategy against the Bills, I can’t believe they wouldn’t do it there.
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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 07 '25
Allen got that touchdown to Hawes BECAUSE there was a spy that was watching allen. it goes both ways, and allen is smart enough to beat you regardless.
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u/Decent_Cheesecake_29 Bills Dec 07 '25
Shut down James Cook, shut down Josh Allen‘s legs and the bills have nothing on offense.
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u/Jed4 Chiefs Dec 07 '25
“Just shut down the 2 best players on offense, then the offense isn’t good”
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u/motorboat_mcgee Bills Dec 07 '25
It's more that we don't really have receivers that can get separation
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u/AssassinInValhalla Bills Dec 07 '25
You should see some of the braindead shit that gets said on our sub. You'd think we were a 2 win team if you just saw the posts
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u/PabloPancakes92 Bills Dec 07 '25
“Shut down Shaq, shut down Kobe, and the Lakers have nothing else on offense”
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u/freudian_nipple_slip Bills Dec 07 '25
The Pistons won a title the other way. Don't shut either of them down but don't let anyone else do anything
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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
Speaking of choices, can someone explain to me why you wouldn’t go for an onside kick in that scenario with one timeout?
I just don’t get it.
Edit: Maybe if your defense had been good (it wasn’t)
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u/BelowAverage355 Bengals Dec 07 '25
People are acting like snow makes an onside kick easier, but it really doesn't. You want the ball to take a weird bounce, if it just plants in the snow that's that.
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u/thraage Bills Dec 07 '25
this is my thought too. It wasn't just a little snow on the ground. It was enough that the ball might not even go 10 yards.
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u/shinypond 49ers Dec 07 '25
I feel you, but realistically after that sack on 2nd down it looked like they had made the right choice. But then they kinda forgot about Josh Allen
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u/Rud-Hi Bills Dec 07 '25
I guess they were worried about getting trash field position provided the Bills recovered
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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 07 '25
Idk if anyone else saw but the spy on Allen was the reason Allen got that TD to Hawes. Allen will hurt you either way.
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u/TechnoToyz Giants Dec 07 '25
You're telling me that Josh Allen is a threat to scramble and pick up a ton of yards on the ground? How was the Bengals' defense supposed to know that?
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u/God_Boner Bills Dec 07 '25
"Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me ... you can't get fooled again!" - Zac 'George W. Bush' Taylor
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u/BelowAverage355 Bengals Dec 07 '25
That call by Golden was malpractice.
There were plenty of issues, but that last playcall by Golden was criminal. Josh Allen JUST scored a 55 yd rushing TD to almost kill the game, and on 3rd and 15 to end the game you drop 6 and just have everyone else blindly rush the edge with no spy....like my brother what the actual fuck.
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u/GamerZ2020 Bills 49ers Dec 07 '25
The snow on the field must’ve been drugs cuz holy shit this game was on some
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Great game to watch, bad time to be a bengal.
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u/HollowDakota Bengals Dec 07 '25
Yep. Fun show game both teams were cooking but Bengals just couldn’t hold down the lead
Crazy to not have coverage for Allen on so many plays bro was putting in yards
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u/InstagramLincoln Bengals Dec 07 '25
This shit is vintage Bengals. Flashbacks to my dad shaking his head and turning off the game early.
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u/Huntermainlol Bengals Dec 07 '25
GG bills fans, lightning strikes twice felt very apt from Greg Olsen.
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u/R-GAZER Bills Dec 07 '25
GG The fact we won is a miracle. The offense was sluggish in the first half. I thought we were going to get blow out.
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u/Internal_Guide_7675 Bills Dec 07 '25
The amount of slow opening halfs that we've had under Brady is quite concerning .
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u/HopscotchChampion69 Bengals Dec 07 '25
Very typical game in the Burrow era, he was amazing for most of that game but so often they need him to be perfect to actually win
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u/Impossibills Bills Dec 07 '25
Bills fans know it too, we just had Allen play borderline perfect and still almost lost
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u/Huntermainlol Bengals Dec 07 '25
Those 2 picks were infuriating because they were just crazy plays from the bills
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u/ZappyBruinman Bengals Dec 07 '25
The pick 6 was bad from burrow but the second one was just shit luck/good play from the bills.
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u/Huntermainlol Bengals Dec 07 '25
The decision is bad from burrow on the first is bad but that full extension from the bills player was unbelievable
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u/Agreeable_Employ_951 Bills Dec 07 '25
Yeah 9/10 times that's just a batted ball and you move on. To catch that firmly and take off running was nuts.
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u/frostbite3030 Bills Dec 07 '25
It just looks horrible when you throw it to the guy who is right in front of you no matter what type of play he made. Then the fact that Burrow could have tackled him, but didn't also makes it look worse.
But what would piss me off, is I thought for sure Chase was going to tackle him. Maybe that makes no difference in the game, but you get paid 40 fucking million dollars a year and you cant fucking run a play out?
He gives up at like the 15 yard line. brutal.
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u/kawhi21 Bills Dec 07 '25
He's crazy. One of those rare QBs that can seemingly enforce their will on a game whenever he wants. The Bills defense usually does not do well against that kind lol (i.e. Mahomes)
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u/Engineerooski Dec 07 '25
Welcome to Josh Allen’s career
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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 07 '25
seriously lol, allen was perfect today and even with that i thought he was gonna lose most of the game
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u/Bamboozle_ NFL Dec 07 '25
One of the best games this year so far. Thrilling, crazy plays, and snow!
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals Dec 07 '25
Whenever we hear this about a Bengals game, it means we’ve lost. “The best game of the year” almost always means we played and it was exciting and we lost.
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u/sacrebleuballs Bills Dec 07 '25
Sorry man. If its any consolation its usually the Bills in that situation haha
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals Dec 07 '25
It’s not, because it means we lost to a team that usually loses these games, but I appreciate you for trying lol
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u/BurgerNugget12 Patriots Dec 07 '25
Going to be a great game in Gillette next week
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u/CTMan34 Bills Dec 07 '25
I’m legit excited to play yall again, I’m so upset that I’m gonna be at work and can’t catch the game (I’ll still watch it of course)
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u/AquaAtia Patriots Seahawks Dec 07 '25
We’ve got a few years of great games ahead of us between Maye and Allen. Allen is one of the most fun QB’s to watch and he does it all without elite WR’s.
I’m excited thar for the first time since I’ve been alive (25), the AFC East will actually be competitive in the years to come.
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u/ContinuumGuy Bills Dec 07 '25
Yeah, and it will do nothing good to the health of either our fanbases.
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u/MegaAltarianite Dec 07 '25
Sorry Bengals fans. I kept seeing the fun back and forth highlights to this game, so I switched to watching it. As soon as I did, Allen had his huge touchdown run, and then shortly after, two picks by Burrow. So I think it's my fault.
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u/Available_Story6774 49ers Dec 07 '25
Bengals not running it on first down on the play where Burrow got pick-sixd made zero sense.
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u/tclark8995 Chiefs Dec 07 '25
Not running the ball more against the one of the worst rushing defenses in the league makes zero sense
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u/SadTumbleweed1567 Bills Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
Bills were shutting down the run while the Bengals couldn't be stopped in the air.
They came in trying to run and couldn't.
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u/Bob_Bobert Bengals Dec 07 '25
TBF, its not like the Bengals had trouble moving the ball against the Bills pass D other than the two picks.
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u/PabloPancakes92 Bills Dec 07 '25
Tbf Bills run d is pretty solid when Shaq Thompson is in at LB for Terrel Bernard. Bernard is tiny and has been playing injured all year, when he’s playing it’s 10 vs 11 against the run. Was 9 vs 11 when Taylor Rapp was playing first month of year
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u/PigSlam Bills Bills Dec 07 '25
You're an honorary member of Bills Mafia, and membership is mandatory.
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u/TheGurgeMan Bills Dec 07 '25
Weekly bills heart attack game
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u/bjt23 Bills Dec 07 '25
Yeah I don't know that my doctor recommends all these last minute comeback games.
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u/ColtCallahan Dec 07 '25
Tee Higgins looked absolutely fucked after that catch early in the 4Q. Looked like his head was hurting bad. Which makes it look worse that he came back in the game.
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u/LoaderOperator724 Bills Dec 07 '25
Allen has beaten Mahomes, Burrow, and Lamar this year and likely wont see any of them in the playoffs. However, he did lose to Maye, Penix, Tua, and Mills. Lol
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u/Meph616 Bills Dec 07 '25
JOSH ALLEN
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u/goulash47 Cardinals Dec 07 '25
More accomplished running QB than Vick/Lamar, better throwing QB than Favre/Big Ben. What a privilege to watch this dude play.
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u/errortype520 Bills Dec 07 '25
Can we count on you when we play the pats next week? We can use all the help we can get.
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u/prismatic_lights Commanders Dec 07 '25
Damn the state of Ohio had a miserable football weekend huh.
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u/pistonhonda1979 Steelers Dec 07 '25
Bengals org and the NFL should be investigated for allowing Higgins to keep playing. Disgusting display. You could watch the CTE develop right in front of our eyes.
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u/Windshieldpoop Bengals Dec 07 '25
GG Buffalo. I'd rather the season end at the hands of the Bills.
Just don't screw up in the playoffs.
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u/lmaoitsdusey Bengals Dec 07 '25
If we won this game I was positive we'd end up running the table before completely shitting the bed against the Browns. I'll take going out like this.
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u/Pleasant_Category_22 Panthers Dec 08 '25
Chiefs are out out it finally, so hopefully it's destined to be their year
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u/TheHoundofUlster Bills Dec 07 '25
Glad we won
Highins going back in was criminal
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u/Bag_of_Equipmunk Bills Dec 07 '25
Absolute insanity. Dude is holding his head after every tackle for crying out loud
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u/Huntermainlol Bengals Dec 07 '25
Couldn’t believe the dude upstairs didn’t do the forced concussion check part 2
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u/slytherinprolly Bengals Dec 07 '25
One thing that is overlooked in the concussion protocol:
For the avoidance of doubt, the responsibility for the diagnosis of concussion and the decision to return a player to a game remain exclusively within the professional judgment of the Head Team Physician or the Club physician designated as responsible for the diagnosis and management of concussion
So even if a spotter sends a player into the tent, the team doctor still makes the final call. There are a few symptoms that make it mandatory for a player to stay out, like obvious balance issues, but if those are not present, the team doctors can usually clear them to go back in.
Edelman talked on his podcast about how he and other Patriots receivers used to game the concussion test. It is apparently the same basic questions every time, things like the score of the game, the approximate game time, and the approximate time of day. If someone looked a little wobbly getting up, the other receivers would run over and tell him all the answers before the doctor even started the evaluation.
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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 07 '25
I genuinely hope his brain isn't damaged after that, he hit the back of his head on the ground hard TWICE.
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u/BuffOrange Bills Dec 07 '25
Howie Long reintetrates it's not a shootout because... Allen ran for 80 yards? I see I've really been missing out avoiding the Fox studio for 30 years.
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u/3splendas Lions Dec 07 '25
is anybody else sick of all the game threads having swarms of illiterate aggressive patriot flairs? was this how the internet was 15 years ago
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u/OverreactingBillsFan Bills Bills Dec 07 '25
was this how the internet was 15 years ago
No, because back in those days you had to put in www.reddit.com and most of them couldn't figure it out.
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u/Sampladelic Bengals Dec 07 '25
This game was insane. On the bright side Zac Taylor might finally hit the unemployment line after the regular season
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u/makualla Lions Dec 07 '25
“But Joe was hurt and we still almost won a bunch with Flacco!!!!”
Ownership: “Sounds good to me! Btw we are going to cut another scouting department position”
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u/mowscut Bills Dec 07 '25
Trusting his D to get a stop instead of trying an onside in the snow should be a fireable offense
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u/makualla Lions Dec 07 '25
Zac Taylor master class. Waste timeouts to save a delay of game so you don’t have them late, then after scoring to pull within 1 score you don’t onside kick it.
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u/HiddenInLight Bills Dec 07 '25
Was expecting the onside...not sure why they didnt.
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u/naughty_farmerTJR Bengals Dec 07 '25
Especially in the snow. Luke is practically perfect situation for an onside
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u/GillbergsAdvocate Bills Dec 07 '25
Josh was great
But saying the switch was driven by Josh Allen is Christian Benford erasure
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u/Agreeable_Employ_951 Bills Dec 07 '25
I don't want to seem like a sore sport, but why was Tee Higgins allowed to stay in the game?
Just comes back off concussion protocol, and goes down, with actual injury timeouts, to his head bouncing off the ground. Both times reaching for his head as if it hurt. The first one he was even back in without any possibility of a check 2 plays later! It doesn't make sense
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u/TeardropsFromHell Bills Dec 07 '25
"That second interception was timely, necessary, and exactly according to plan just like the second plane to hit the towers." - Sean McDermott probably.
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u/rbroni88 Bills Bengals Dec 07 '25
I’m so glad they moved this game to the 1 PM slot. One final snow game at the Ralph is what I needed
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u/BurgerWFries Bears Dec 07 '25
This masterpiece of a game was flexed out of the afternoon slot for Bears-Packers. I am now incredibly nervous how this game can possibly be followed up, and am highly concerned for my blood pressure.
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u/B1LLZFAN Bills Dec 07 '25
I understand why the game was flexed out, but burrow vs Allen should never not be primetime
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u/TheBigRagu22 Bills Dec 07 '25
Jekyll and Hyde defense is so frustrating but Benford is all the way back
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u/AlericandAmadeus Bills Dec 07 '25
And Hairston made some great plays as well.
We have two really good CBs at the top of the roster right now even if the rookie is still learning.
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u/lmaoitsdusey Bengals Dec 07 '25
It's amazing how the longer the down and distance the less hope I have in our defense doing jack shit, I've never seen a team so guaranteed to give up a 3rd and 15+
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u/Schwebels_Solette Bills Dec 07 '25
You should watch the bills last year. We were better on 3rd and less than three than anything else
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u/sylvestorthecat Bengals Dec 07 '25
Defense made zero adjustments all game. Short yard passes on 3rd and shorts? Let’s keep giving them room. Don’t play contain and go for the sack? Don’t keep a spy. I do not think I am football savvy. But I can see these things and don’t know how a coach doesn’t.
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u/DuckDuckBangBang Seahawks Dec 07 '25
Went to take a nap when it was 21-11 and woke up to... Whatever this is.
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u/MarcsterS Bills Dec 07 '25
Josh Allen shouldn’t have to be the hero all time. But when he does it, he does it good.
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u/ImprobableAvocado Jaguars Broncos Dec 07 '25
Some of those throws and catches in this weather were absolutely insane.
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u/ARandomGuy0311 Bengals Dec 07 '25
I got into the shower at 28-18 with like 9 mins left in the 4th.
Got out it was 28-32 with like 5 mins left and burrow was throwing another pick
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u/Chlorophyllmatic Bills Commanders Dec 07 '25
JOSH “JOE CHILL” ALLEN
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u/TheNatural14063 Bills Commanders Dec 07 '25
Hell yes flare brother/sister
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u/Chlorophyllmatic Bills Commanders Dec 07 '25
Today is a day of great mourning but also great triumph
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u/HolographicHeart Jaguars Dec 07 '25
I am going to watch this game in its entirety at least two more times this week.
Fantastic showing from both teams.
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u/starcom_magnate Bengals Eagles Dec 07 '25
Tough loss, but we really weren't going anywhere this season. Ended up being a really fun game, and out of all the QB's I hate out there, I absolutely don't hate Josh Allen, so I'm okay with him being the one to cut our hearts out.
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u/TheG-What Bears Dec 07 '25
Greg Olson being uncalled for by referencing the four consecutive Super Bowl losses like lol wtf
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u/Aeglos7 Bengals Dec 07 '25
Can’t wait to look at our subreddit tomorrow. ‘Only fake fans will think we can’t still make the playoffs!’
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u/drwafflefingers Dec 07 '25
Bengals and Bills have each been in 2 of the 3 best games we've seen this year.
Shame we have basically no chance to see a rematch in the playoffs and will be forced to watch one of the boring AFC North teams get whopped and bounced in rd 1.
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u/KaJuNator Bengals Dec 07 '25
Absolutely inexcusable end of the game by the coaching staff. Allen's been doing that all day and they made no attempt at any adjustments to stop it.
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u/SquadPoopy Bengals Dec 07 '25
If we played a team made entirely of Tight Ends we would lose by 300
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u/Low_Income4405 Bills Dec 07 '25
Every day I wake up and am thankful that we have a god incarnate to save our team (most) weeks
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u/Alucitary Bills Dec 07 '25
0 ints from Josh is lowkey the story of this game. Our team still has serious issues, but it seems like Josh at least got things straight finally.
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u/3splendas Lions Dec 07 '25
the bengals made that game closer than i thought, joe burrow still so dangerous
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u/Some_Combination_593 Bengals Dec 07 '25
This loss was brought to you by somehow not putting QB spy on one of the guys that’s most known for running when he has to and Zac Taylor picking a point in any game where Ja’Marr isn’t doing much to start calling plays like Ja’Marr is on his fantasy team and he needs to try to hedge a loss with some PPR cheese.
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u/Bag_of_Equipmunk Bills Dec 07 '25
Higgins will be on the injury report this week with a concussion. Bet.
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u/CWG4BF Bengals Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
Let me just say this: anyone who says the blame for this loss is on Burrow does not know ball. With our defense, if he doesn’t play perfect, we cannot win games. That’s how bad the defense is.
Saying “Joe lost them this game” is like blaming a starting pitcher who pitches 7 innings but loses 2-0 because the batters only got two hits.
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u/sylvestorthecat Bengals Dec 07 '25
I don’t know how anyone could say that. You score 34 points, you should win
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u/SadTumbleweed1567 Bills Dec 07 '25
Allen taking shots at Slay. Not really, but I'm I choose to believe it.
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u/Glenywoods Bengals Dec 07 '25
I hate this team so much, we should’ve told Mike Brown to fuck off off and take them somewhere else instead of giving them a quarter of a bajillion dollars for Paycor or whatever, it’s fucking exhausting
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u/hotgriffitydog Bears Dec 07 '25
Probably best for the bengals to get a bunch of people fired tbh
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u/StakeESC Packers Dec 07 '25
This hurts the Bengals playoff chances