I fully agree with this. I think we must and will make the playoffs this year to let the bread and butter of this team (Allen, Singletary, Edmunds, Oliver, ie; the young guys) get to experience the pressure of the postseason. However far we go is a bonus.
Next season, if everything keeps progressing, the AFC East is surely ours and all NFL teams will be looking at the Bills as automatic loss on their schedules. Times they are a changing and we look set for a long run of being not just competitive, but dominate.