Sports, Life, and Disappointment
It seemed as if it was meant to be. On Sunday, the Buffalo Bills, who had been Super Bowl favorites since the start of training camp, took the field for a divisional playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals, who were coming off a surprising Super Bowl appearance from the year before. The Bills, the team infamous for losing four consecutive Super Bowls, were on the cusp of winning their first Super Bowl, and dedicating it to fallen teammate Damar Hamlin, still recovering from his shocking cardiac arrest suffered on the field in Cincinnati three weeks earlier. On top of that, it was snowing in Buffalo, a familiar sight for a Bills playoff game. What could wrong for the Bills? Everything. Quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills offense looked lifeless, while the defense could not stop or even slow Joe Burrow and the Bengals. Cincinnati quickly went up 14-0 and never looked back, winning 27-10. The Bills run of destiny was over too soon. Buffalo didn’t play nea...