‘But the Bills did more for this community than anyone might have reasonably hoped when the season began. First and foremost, that’s because the team was that good. But it’s also because the team was that good when Buffalo – like the rest of the country – needed a balm. The Bills brought it, to Western New Yorkers and to uncounted others around the country who were delighted/startled/slack-jawed at what this long underperforming team accomplished.’