NextYearGuys Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 The Bills are 7-5 heading into December. I'll be completely honest, I didn't expect this at all. We usually are irrelevant at this point in the season and the threads start to become more "next year" oriented, much like my name. But this year is different. We have a winning record heading into the playoff stretch and are still contenders. It's amazing. However, I do believe we need to go 10-6 to make it into the playoffs. This is a tall task, as we still have the Patriots, Broncos, and Packers, and the underestimated (yet very underwhelming today) Raiders to play. But even if we don't make it to the playoffs this year, I believe that we have a strong core to build off of for the future. A new owner, a Super Bowl caliber defense, the best defensive line in the league, great wide receivers, some solid running backs, two bookend tackles that should only continue to improve, what looks like a playmaking and athletic tight end in MarQueis Gray (although it was just one game), and Kiko coming back. Our coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball and our quarterback both look a bit iffy, but if we can maybe bring in a young guy through the draft and if our coaches can either a) be smarter with offensive scheme and red zone effectiveness when it comes to play calling or b) get replaced by more competent and NFL ready coaches, I think we have a great shot next year, regardless of what happens this year. I'm excited in the direction we're headed and can't wait to see how it all plays out. Lets enjoy this feeling while we can. Go Bills!
reddogblitz Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Just beat the Broncos. That's all that counts. BEAT THE BRONCOS!!!
johnwalter Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game! Another game.
enlightener Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 The Bills are 7-5 heading into December. I'll be completely honest, I didn't expect this at all. We usually are irrelevant at this point in the season and the threads start to become more "next year" oriented, much like my name. But this year is different. We have a winning record heading into the playoff stretch and are still contenders. It's amazing. However, I do believe we need to go 10-6 to make it into the playoffs. This is a tall task, as we still have the Patriots, Broncos, and Packers, and the underestimated (yet very underwhelming today) Raiders to play. But even if we don't make it to the playoffs this year, I believe that we have a strong core to build off of for the future. A new owner, a Super Bowl caliber defense, the best defensive line in the league, great wide receivers, some solid running backs, two bookend tackles that should only continue to improve, what looks like a playmaking and athletic tight end in MarQueis Gray (although it was just one game), and Kiko coming back. Our coaching staff on the offensive side of the ball and our quarterback both look a bit iffy, but if we can maybe bring in a young guy through the draft and if our coaches can either a) be smarter with offensive scheme and red zone effectiveness when it comes to play calling or b) get replaced by more competent and NFL ready coaches, I think we have a great shot next year, regardless of what happens this year. I'm excited in the direction we're headed and can't wait to see how it all plays out. Lets enjoy this feeling while we can. Go Bills! hi thanks for joining the bills as a fan. I hope you enjoy the team. I enjoyed your preseason-style post. if you need any info about the team msg me. I can tell you who our qb is, who plays wr and rb etc.
ProcessAccepted Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 9-6 may be all it will take. All the main competition is playing each other between now and the end of the season. It's great to still be in the thick of things going into December.
The Big Cat Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 If we split the next two weeks then take care of business in Oakland (as I suspect we will), we will likely be looking at a win-and-in scenario in Foxboro week 17. I can think of nothing more stressful.
BillnutinHouston Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 If we split the next two weeks then take care of business in Oakland (as I suspect we will), we will likely be looking at a win-and-in scenario in Foxboro week 17. I can think of nothing more stressful. Oh baby. I have butterflies in my stomach just reading that.
The Frankish Reich Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 At the grantland site today, Bill Barnwell runs through the nightmare (for the NFL) scenario: 8 teams (Bills included) all finish 9-7. In that scenario, the multiple tiebreakers go to the Steelers and (this one hurts) Texans ...
The Big Cat Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Oh baby. I have butterflies in my stomach just reading that. Ha, yeah. It's predicated on a big !@#$ing "if" though!
TheBrownBear Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Lol. It will take a minor miracle to finish 9-7. No way in hell we are winning 3 out of 4 with this offense. Still, I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
The Big Cat Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Lol. It will take a minor miracle to finish 9-7. No way in hell we are winning 3 out of 4 with this offense. Still, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Well, 9-7 and finishing 3-1 are two completely different things. But okay.
TheBrownBear Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Well, 9-7 and finishing 3-1 are two completely different things. But okay. That's my point. I'd consider 2-2 (9-7) a miracle. And that will not be good enough to get us into the playoffs. I'm saying there is no chance we finish 3-1. None.
johnwalter Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 That's my point. I'd consider 2-2 (9-7) a miracle. And that will not be good enough to get us into the playoffs. I'm saying there is no chance we finish 3-1. None. so... you're saying there's a chance?
The Big Cat Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 That's my point. I'd consider 2-2 (9-7) a miracle. And that will not be good enough to get us into the playoffs. I'm saying there is no chance we finish 3-1. None. Please do us all a favor and post this to the jinx thread. Thanks! Also, seems like as good of an opportunity to re-purpose this bad boy:
Freddie's Dead Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game! Another game. That meltdown haunts Jim Mora to this day. Hardly a day goes by when he isn't catcalled on the street by some idiot screaming "Playoffs?".
PromoTheRobot Posted December 2, 2014 Posted December 2, 2014 I thought we were eliminated from the playoffs after the Miami loss?
3rdand12 Posted December 2, 2014 Posted December 2, 2014 so... you're saying there's a chance? That what i heard ! I thought we were eliminated from the playoffs after the Miami loss? Some think we were eliminated before the season started. who knew ?
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