Time to go on record if you honestly believe this is still a SB caliber team or even a playoff team at this point

[BarleyNY]

The Bills are a playoff team - especially with 7 teams going from each conference.  But they aren’t a serious SB contender at this time.  They always needed to grow (and get a little lucky) to be at that level.  They still have a chance to do that. 

[bigduke6]

ive been hesitant to declare anything about this team since week 1 tbh.    i stated here many times that i didnt see what the guys in Vegas saw about this team being the Super Bowl favorites all season.   i sincerely doubt they will be after this week.     the offense has looked dreadful on more than one occasion this season,   we have zero running game to open up cover 2 defenses.    we arent really set up offensively for late Nov-Dec football. 

 

now onto the defense,  the so  called "Legendary"  (stat wise until this week) defense.    i posted the Legendary article earlier this week,  and while the stats backed it up,  the article didnt take into affect the fact we played so many garbage QBs.   we got fat off terrible offenses.   even the Chiefs were playing like crap when we finally beat them.   not so much now.

 

add these things all together and i think any rational person would be hesitant to expect Super Bowl at this point.    we need some sort of running game,  spread offenses dont work if your QB doesnt get time to throw.   mbe this is fixed with missing players coming back.   right now the trenches are the problems.   also,  u cant turn the ball over and expect to win consistently.

[Big Turk]

This Bills team is the same as the Sabres team after almost going to the Stanley Cup Finals after the lockout and losing in game 7...

 

The next season they came back still really good but mentally they weren't in it a lot of games and took their talent for granted. 

 

The Bills better get their act together mentally quickly.

Edited November 21, 2021 by Big Turk

[streetkings01]

If 9-8 or 10-7 gets us in then yes we are a playoff team….I don’t see much better than that tho.

[Rc2catch]

I think they still have as good a shot as anyone. I probably won’t be too active on here cause it’s pretty bad after a loss. 
But I will go on record that I think the talent is still there to make a significant run and Buffalo has the potential to play with anyone in the league. Today of course they didn’t look that way. 

[Boatdrinks]

Sure they can be a playoff team. They can only play one style though. A top running team will be a big problem . Prob miss the playoffs or a one and done. All AFC losses to boot 

[ProcessTruster]

35 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

The first Patriots game on MNF is setting up to be absolutely HUGE.

 

Should be a great game.

 

 

Both will be playing for the Division, in all likelyhood.  Cool

[BananaB]

Nope to Super Bowl Caliber 

Edited November 21, 2021 by BananaB

[ngbills]

I don’t know what to think. I am honestly getting more concerned by the coaching staff than I am the players. Very questionable decisions and concerns around the attitude the players seem to have. 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

We are a playoff team need better guards and DTs

 

 

[Xwnyer]

2 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

At the beginning of the year I said 12-5 and loss in 2nd round of the playoffs, also assumed winning a consecutive division title. Can find the post later if needed.

 

But sadly I'm now revising that prediction to 9-8 and missing out on the playoffs altogether. If you are still confident in this team though feel free to chime in or let me know what you think.

 

Yes covid and injuries but if you've been paying attention there was no stopping this trainwreck from happening and coming full circle today even if the roster was 100% full strength.

I am saying 9-8 as well Jets, Falcons and saints or panthers

[Johnnycage46]

This season, for me at this point, will come down to whether we win the division or lose it to NE.  If we head into the playoffs as a wild card (it's not so much being on the road that scares me, but more so that as a lower seed we will be playing the better teams right out of the gate), I think we aren't going very far.  If we can somehow get the 2 seed again, I could see us maybe getting back to the AFCC game if things fall right.

[UKBillFan]

It feels like we've shot our bolt. If this was a blowout from out of nowhere then it'd be a punch in the gut but recovery would be possible. But actually the defense was the same one which got it's tummy tickled by the Titans and the offense was the same one which got squeezed by the Jaguars. Yes, we're missing people but so are all teams at the moment. We haven't learned from the mistakes of previous games which means, what, we're incapable of doing so? And if that is the case is that because the players do not have the ability, the coaches do not have the capacity to improve the schemes of both?

 

The Saints match up could be another Titans scorefest with the dome, meaning Josh may feel more settled and we'd hold on to more balls but the defense will, in all liklihood, be putrid - especially if Kamara returns. After that... right now I have no faith that anyone at Orchard Park, from the Pegula's downwards, have any idea how to fix the mess we're in and that means we're very reliant on the remaining AFC franchises having problems of their own to get into the post season. The Super Bowl is further away than it has a right to be and we have been exposed for what we are.

[BubbaT]

No

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Happily on record. While I don’t believe we will be the 1 seed, I do still believe we will win the East and host at least 2 playoff games. Had the Ravens not pulled off a last minute desperation kick, we’d be talking about most of the AFC being thrown in disarray…just stinks we couldn’t make up ground today on the Titans. 

[BuffaninSarasota]

3 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

 

And I'd hate to face Bills in the playoffs if they are hot. All they need to do is just get there. I won't let a crappy weather game sum up an otherwise good season. 

 

sorry bro, this was way more than a crappy weather game - the Bills got absolutely trucked

[dorquemada]

4 minutes ago, Gene1973 said:

Even fully healthy, I can't get to still winning the division. The cliff notes on how to beat both lines is there for any team to exploit, and the Pats have the line talent to exploit both.

Yup.  The Pats are the very blueprint of a team that overwhelm the Bills in every phase of the game.   McD, of course, will not change anything and rely on ‘culture’ to make up for the increasingly yawning talent gap between the Bills and their opponents. Definitely looking forward to McD talking about the guys working hard or whatever vacuous platitudes he’ll use this week.  

[TheCockSportif]

Playoff team?  Possibly.  SB team?  If the Orkin man can fumigate the joint after the past month or so, then a distant maybe.

[dorquemada]

Hey, they suck on Sundays but they sure are good at social media and feel good stories for the local news and when you think about it that’s the real treasure

[streetkings01]

 

Me right now 🥺

Edited November 22, 2021 by streetkings01