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Merry Christmas to all! I know this year in particular isn't a normal Christmas for most people but I feel like the last few years I always deal with a little bit of depression around the holiday season and mostly Christmas. It was a rough decade in my family, lost some grandparents, some issues in the family that have left relatives not speaking to each other, divorces etc...It's just totally changed the family dynamics of my Christmas now. I get really nostalgic for the old Christmases and all the great memories I have. You don't even know how great you have it until it's gone. I'm in my mid 30s and I get things are going to change over time but it still doesn't make it hurt any less. I really had an awesome childhood with a lot of great family members that are no longer around and it's tough thinking those days are never coming back. Can anybody else relate to this or have any similar experiences?

Can't believe we have some folks in here who don't appreciate the original Coming to America. Easily top 5 comedy of all time

I have so much Bills stuff that I specifically let people know not to get me any for Christmas because I am covered already whether it's hats, shirts, jackets, jerseys so I ended up getting some new Buffalo Sabres royal blue gear!

Sounds like there's more to this story than we are going to hear

It reminds me of when we got thumped in KC on MNF during the 91 season. Bruce and somebody else I think were out for that game. We got them in a rematch in the playoffs at Rich and we returned the favor

I know this was just a PR thing but I said it before in another thread and I'll say it again...this team is finding that right balance between staying focused and having fun!

I got a nice framed Photo of the pic in my avatar. It was cool to me because I was way too young to be there and experience it and knowing something like that will never happen again I always thought that was such a cool moment in Bills history. I am also a Memorabilia collector so I thought that was a pretty unique piece of Memorabilia to have. If anybody saw the recent video Marv Levy sent out congratulating Sean McDermott and the Bills on winning the AFC East you can see he also has a framed photo of that pic in the background as well!

"I love you Josh Allen"- Cole Beasley voice

He was an awesome football player. I remember when he was on WCW too. R.I.P.

If we finish 13-3 which I think is completely realistic then I think he will get legit consideration. I would hope that they also take into consideration his overall body of work since he has come to Buffalo even though I know that's not how Coach of the Year works but McDermott is definitely deserving of it.

Makes you wonder what that chick would do for a Josh Allen jersey

Just the fact that Josh is in the conversation for MVP with Mahomes and Rodgers in Year 3 already is a huge victory in itself! He probably won't actually win it this year but his time will come. His rapid progression has been through the charts when you think about the narrative on him in Years 1 and 2. Don't forget that there were BILLS fans going into this season that were still questioning if he was the real deal or not.

Very happy for Hughes since he was here for the bad years for so long. I just wish the timing would've worked out where Kyle Williams could still be part of this

While skimming through these replies it seems like most people agree that Winning the AFC East isn't going to bring any waterworks but I see everybody saying it would have to be for a Super Bowl win to get to that point....I am pretty sure I would be pretty emotional if we even just got back to a Super Bowl and the tears would be flowing then, anybody else think that would be enough to get the tear ducts going?

No. At this point the misfortunes of the drought years are well in the rear-view. If we still hadn't broken the playoff drought and winning the Division also meant clinching our first playoff spot then I think it's a completely different story. I didn't cry in 2017 because although I was very happy to get the monkey off our back it just didn't play out the way I always envisioned breaking the drought. We were a 9-7 team that had to rely on another game for us to actually get in there. It was cool but just wasn't as emotional to me as I always pictured because of the way it played out. I really wish last year when we beat Pittsburgh was when we could've officially ended the drought because that would've truly been on our terms. I do know even if we just won the AFC championship game to get back to a Super Bowl I would absolutely cry, and I mean winning a Super Bowl is a complete no brainer

This team has really found the right balance between staying focused and having fun. I love it!

While I can't speak on the other two it is now well known that Losman never put in the effort it took to be successful in the NFL. When he was drafted he came in with the rep that he was supposed to be a Jim Kelly, Brett Favre passionate love for the game kind've guy but he actually treated football like it was just a job to him. I just don't think Manuel or Edwards ever had the raw talent to succeed in the NFL.

Let's win a Super Bowl first...then we'll talk.

Makes me think of an old Lawrence Taylor quote about getting to play in a Super Bowl...something along the lines of "it's like getting invited to the biggest party in the world and not being able to participate" but for the 90's Bills they did the exact opposite lol

I'm sure there would be some sort of planned celebrations down the road but even though it would be fun you wouldn't be able to replicate the pure ecstacy and emotion in the heat of the moment 6 months later.

Right. I do think it would be different if your a fan of a team that has already won a Super Bowl before. But for the Bills I want the whole package...massive tailgate parties, Bills fans invading the cities of opponents, a massive Super Bowl parade, packed bars etc. If the Bills went all the way this year of all seasons it would feel so anti-climatic

My biggest worry right now is if we go all the way this year and we can't actually go to the games and have a parade etc....seriously how badly would that suck? For that reason there's a part of me that secretly doesn't want us to win the whole thing this year

I've been trying to find the Bruce Smith version after the AFC championship game against the Raiders on YouTube or something but no luck so far. Do you know if that sound byte is out there anywhere on the internet?

#4 in the league in takeaways right now

I would say Yes. I understand why some people are downplaying it as just another game but the way I see it as this team keeps growing the expectations keep rising. Just coming off a big win on a National Primetime game last week with a 9-3 record playing against the Mighty Pittsburgh Steelers who except for last year have had our number since the Kelly years. This is absolutely an important game for the Bills to win because it would signify the Bills have arrived and can be counted on to win these bigger games. No more moral victories. That is out the window now. Obviously the playoff games to follow this year will be bigger but at this moment I would have to say this would absolutely be the Bills biggest win in recent memory topping the Dallas and Pittsburgh games last year. Don't even bring the Baltimore-Cincy game to the table. It was nice the drought was broke but at the end of the day that was a 9-7 team that lucked into the playoffs. This time around the Bills are a legitimate team on the rise with the foundation in place of guys that are going to be here for a long time. We are in the driver seat of our destiny, no more worrying about how things fall into place so we can sneak out of the Hunt and into the wildcard.