I loved this loss

[GunnerBill]

I hated everything about that football game. Losing a terrific MNF game in Tennessee that was a great game to watch I can take. Losing in that shower of utter garbage less so.

[Motorin']

4 hours ago, clearwater cadet said:

I hear you loud and clear and no matter how good we are, we should never take an opposing team lightly.  With all being said, I SUFFERED long enough 40+ years, we deserve one in our life time.  I hate every loss  and fact the rest of the AFC with the exception of the Raiders and Bengals won, that didn't help either. 

 

This is the fallacy behind so much misunderstanding on the boards.

 

A team doesn't play as good or as bad as they are.

 

A team is as good or bad as they play.

 

The networks have been trying to annoint the MVP and the sure lock Super Bowl team for weeks now based on this flawed logic. 

 

Teams don't "find an identity." And as soon as they believe their "identity" is what will win games, they've lost. 

 

So the good news is the Bills can go back to work, practice hard, study hard, look inside themselves for the motivation they need to play tough and determined football. 

 

That's what they have to do every week to play their best. And only by playing the best they can play will the wins come. 

[BobbyC81]

11 hours ago, damj said:

After struggling for the first half against Miami, I thought that would've been a wake-up call.

 

Living with the Tennessee loss over the by week should have been a wake-up call.

 

How many wake-up calls does this team need?

I’ve seen similar issues in following the Golden State Warriors in the last few seasons.  Even in their record-breaking 73 win season, they’d come out flat and look horrible.  However, the length of a basketball game would allow them time to right themselves and even result in easy victories.  The Bills don’t have that luxury in a football game.

 

The NBA seasons are much longer so it would make some sense for the Warriors  to not be at their peak for every game.  After the success of a couple championships, they found it hard to get up for regular season games vs teams at the bottom of the standings.  Again, you can easily make up for a couple of bad losses in an 82 game NBA season.  The Bills don’t have that luxury in a now 17 game season as yesterday’s debacle leaves them only a half game ahead of New England in their division.

 

Warriors coach Steve Kerr would respond to questions about why his team had terrible starts and/or terrible games by saying “they’re millennials. They have a tough time staying focused.”  I don’t know if that applies to this Bills team but they sure didn’t play their best game.  Did they take the Jags lately? Maybe, but, as heavily discussed, the O-Line just seemed overmatched.

[krf139]

Anyone greet the team at the airport?

[billsfan1959]

On 11/8/2021 at 6:59 AM, dorquemada said:

yeah I guess at least now we can put to rest those delusions of grandeur 

 

what games left on the schedule are winnable with this team, as currently constituted?  Serious question.  13.5 point faves over the jets?  That’s. A lot of field goals!

 

I told you it wasn't a serious question...

 

On 11/8/2021 at 7:12 AM, dorquemada said:

I don’t see us scoring much at all going forward.   By all means though tell us who the Bills match up well against that’s left on our schedule 

 

 

Well, apparently, they matched up well with the Jets..

[MJS]

9 minutes ago, billsfan1959 said:

I told you it wasn't a serious question...

 

Well, apparently, they matched up well with the Jets..

Just fans overreacting. They can't handle losses.

[benderbender]

43 minutes ago, MJS said:

Just fans overreacting. They can't handle losses.

You think we were bad. Check out Steelers forums. A few threads calling for Tomlin to be fired. Only a privileged Steeler fan could want him out when Tomlin has a better overall record than Bill Cower going 149-81-1 in 13 seasons. 

 

If a loved one is a Steelers fan, back them off the ledge.

Edited November 15, 2021 by benderbender

[transient]

11 minutes ago, benderbender said:

If a loved one is a Steelers fan, back them off the ledge.

If said person was a Steelers fan, not sure how "loved" of a loved one they'd be... might be more tempted to give them a shove.

Edited November 15, 2021 by transient

[VaMilBill]

On 11/8/2021 at 7:07 AM, pocoboy said:

 

 

Unfortunately the table-jumpers never lived through the real pain of just desserts. These guys are 25 and think that 17 year drought was all there is. Try sleeping after losing a Super Bowl on a field goal. Try thinking about going to work the next day and facing friends who you may have been slightly arrogant with about your team maybe winning.

 

But that's the Maf...

I’d take that in a heartbeat and have a chance to be a champion than ever even make it to the playoffs