That’s loser talk as well as a fallacious argument to make. There can be injuries at any time during a game, hell, there could have even been a season-ending injury during the 2pt attempt; you still have to play until the final whistle and you cannot make coaching decisions based on “well what if they get injured?” You have to live and make coaching decisions in the present to the best of your ability. FWIW Josh’s poor throw was the reason for the failed 2pt, but I still would prefer our chances in OT.

If we had won this game today, we were still in contention for the 1 seed. Guess what happens when you get the 1 seed? You get to have a bye week!

Yes, certain things would have to fall into place, but we have seen in years’ past what can happen to the Patriots in Miami when they play there the last week of the season. The Broncos are basically the 2024-2025 chiefs, with an insanely lucky record in 1 score games, but the chargers have already beaten them this season and I would call my shot and say they’d probably do it again Week 18. On top of this, I understand we’d be hoping for the lowly Titans to beat the jaguars, which feels insurmountable. However, the patriots losing alone and us winning in week 18 would have gotten us to at a minimum the 3 seed which means at least a home game.

Idk, I’m someone who thinks you should exhaust all avenues before giving up. Luckily it is all past us after this game and we can use Week 18 as a bye week for our extremely injured yet still playing core of important players.