There is 2 really encouraging things with the current team.
1) they traded away alot of good talent and completely over achieved. I believe alot of this has to do with coaching
2) after all the hot starts we've seen over the years (2008/2011/2016) this team was able to battle through all of it and finish 9-7. They never threw in the towel regardless of who was playing qb, or reciever etc.
Are the bills really good? No. But now we go into 2018 with alot of draft picks and ready to build a team that can potentially play for the superbowl year after year. We finally have a front office that learns from mistakes, and is creating a team for the long term. You could've said this back in the Gailey/nix era, but bills fans should be able to see the difference between the front offices.