# NFL 2023-2024: Divisional Round **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226 "2024-01-17T14:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/101 "2024-01-22T02:13:00Z")
Challenge on a fumble, and now an injury. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/102 "2024-01-22T02:22:24Z")
This game is giving me the agita. I think the worst thing about is listening to Tony Romo flap his gums. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/103 "2024-01-22T02:29:39Z")
That throw might’ve been an all-time NFL highlight if Diggs didn’t drop it. It was kind of absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/104 "2024-01-22T02:31:01Z")
Chiefs have had so many oppurtunites to put this game away, but they keep shooting themselves in the foot. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/105 "2024-01-22T02:36:20Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Chiefs have had so many oppurtunites to put this game away Correct. Looks like Buffalo will score late for the win. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/106 "2024-01-22T02:38:49Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/107 "2024-01-22T02:39:07Z")
He fucking Norwooded it!!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/108 "2024-01-22T02:41:47Z")
Damn, that wide right gotta _hurt_. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/109 "2024-01-22T02:44:08Z")
What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/110 "2024-01-22T02:46:41Z")
IT’s a painful reference to Bills fans everywhere. Scott Norwood missed a field goal from 40-yards-ish in Super Bowl 25 that would have won the game for the Bills. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/111 "2024-01-22T02:51:03Z")
> **[Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Right_(Buffalo_Bills))** > > Wide Right, a.k.a. 47 Wide Right, was Scott Norwood's missed 47-yard field goal attempt for the Buffalo Bills at the end of Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991, as described by sportscaster Al Michaels. The missed field goal resulted in the game being won by the New York Giants. The phrase "wide right" has since become synonymous with the game itself, and has since been used in other sports. This game is also called The Miss by some Bills fans. > Following an 11-yard run for a first down by Thurma... That one was 47 yards, not 44, and in Super Bowl XXV, not the Divisional game… but yeah, the callback wouldn’t be a happy one for the Bills faithful. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/112 "2024-01-22T02:57:56Z")
I’m sure it’s just confirmation bias, but it really does seem like when they show one of those “he’s 9 for 9 on game winning field goals” graphics the guy often blows the kick. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/113 "2024-01-22T03:03:13Z")
Both teams had countless opportunities to completely shut the door and pull way ahead, and yet both teams played such near-perfect games. As a Chefs fan, I’m thrilled. But it sucks the Bills Mafia has another Wide Right to add to their history. I also just watched the Josh Allen press conference. It’s such garbage we make these players put up with this. It’s why the NFL has leveraged themselves into the top sport in the country, and why they have like 98 of the top 100 rated shows every year. But damn - leave these people alone! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/114 "2024-01-22T03:05:39Z")
Ouch. I’m not even a Bills fan and that hurt. I really wanted to see some new blood in the Superbowl this year. Was really hoping to be torn about who to root for in a Bills vs Lions Superbowl. Alas. Having the loss be another Wide Right situation was just salt in the wound. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/115 "2024-01-22T03:40:37Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Both teams had countless opportunities to completely shut the door and pull way ahead I’m gonna disagree with this statement. Only once did Buffalo have the lead with the ball, and that was at 10-6 in the second quarter. Never did Buffalo have the ball with the lead in the second half. Chiefs had a golden opportunity to shut the door when they fumbled at the goal line, and then they had the ball again with a 3-point lead but had to punt. Then they missed what could have been an easy interception, and failed to recover a fumble on the last Buffalo drive. I figured those miscues were going to cost them the game, but their defense held the Bills to a FG attempt, which obviously missed. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/116 "2024-01-22T03:49:55Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Never did Buffalo have the ball with the lead in the second half. Yes, but there were so many deep passes right on target that Bills players dropped that could have pulled them ahead, not to mention the final Bills drive. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/117 "2024-01-22T03:53:33Z")
It is, because from my perspective, when they show stats like that, it actually reflects what happens. _shrug_. Today was an exception. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/118 "2024-01-22T04:15:25Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yes, but there were so many deep passes right on target that Bills players dropped that could have pulled them ahead, not to mention the final Bills drive. True, and you’ll get no argument from me on that statement. But those missed opportunities certainly wouldn’t have shut the door on the Chiefs. Unless, of course, the Bills had scored a TD on the last drive with less than 13 seconds on the clock. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/119 "2024-01-22T04:24:21Z")
Reminded me why the Bills don’t eat cornflakes. It was hard to see a brilliant pass declared incomplete (correctly), and after that it was kinda painful. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226/120 "2024-01-22T05:30:30Z")
Was the wide right kick affected by the wind? In the live shot it looked like the wind took it, but the announcers said nothing and watching it from a different angle it was unclear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226.md?page=7)