51-3 in AFC Championship. What happened next was a travesty. Let's avoid that.

[TC in St. Louis]

When the Bills beat the Raiders 51-3, they were on top of the world.  They were cocky and had perhaps too much swagger.  They only had a week to prepare for the Super Bowl, and they allegedly took a lot of that time having fun and going to parties.  We know what happened.

 

I'm confident that the Bills have already moved past the Patriots game....as great as that was, that means very little when it comes to the next opponent.  They will have to work their tails off and be humble.  They played a perfect game, just like the Oakland AFC Championship game, but they need to be careful not to get wrapped up in reading how great they were last Saturday.

 

Right now that game means nothing.  Of course, in the history of the franchise, it was as sweet as it gets.

 

Get ready, boys.

[Bills fan since 87]

They were LA then

 

 

[Joe Ferguson]

If Bills lose, then they don't deserve the trophy.

[Royale with Cheese]

2019, we lost in the Wild Card Round.

2020, we won 2 playoff games…2 game improvement.

Guess what happens if we have a 2 game improvement in the playoffs this year?

[Lieutenant Aldo Raine]

21 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson said:

If Bills lose, then they don't deserve the trophy.

 

POST OF THE YEAR!!!!  sarc

Edited January 19, 2022 by Lieutenant Aldo Raine

[BADOLBILZ]

I guess maybe write the Bills a letter...........there isn't anything we can do about their focus here.    Floating it out there against THIS hated opponent feels goofily superstitious/fatalistic.

 

Remember that those 1990 season Bills were the largest favorite in SB history going into SB XXV.............everyone had assumed that advancing to the SB would mean playing the two-time defending SB champion 49ers so when the seemingly low-powered Giants upset them and became the opponent  there was an almost natural let down to boot.

 

This is different..........the Bills are a road underdog playing the AFC SB favorite..........the team that was the Vegas favorite to win this year's SB already just moments after they lost the last one..........and most importantly, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year.

 

The potential for a let down would probably be an AFC title game against the Bengals.......I'll take my chances against a young, inexperienced roster playing at Buffalo though..............and even the Titans should bring out the vengeance in the Bills in the next round.

 

I love this matchup for the same reason I loved drawing the Patriots.........the potential for let down is low and the sweetness of victory could be astronomical.

 

Edited January 19, 2022 by BADOLBILZ

[LABILLBACKER]

Josh and especially Stefon will not let that locker room forget how they felt after the afcc game. They will be focused and ready. And no one is expecting a perfect game. Both sides will make mistakes. The Bills will prevail by a slim margin. 

[billybrew1]

I was just thinking. We're going to have to rename more streets. We need an intersection of Poyer and Hyde....

 

Go Bills!

[Dablitzkrieg]

1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson said:

If Bills lose, then they don't deserve the trophy.

Amazing insight here boys 👏 

[Jauronimo]

30 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

I guess maybe write the Bills a letter...........there isn't anything we can do about their focus here.    Floating it out there against THIS hated opponent feels goofily superstitious/fatalistic.

 

Remember that those 1990 season Bills were the largest favorite in SB history going into SB XXV.............everyone had assumed that advancing to the SB would mean playing the two-time defending SB champion 49ers so when the seemingly low-powered Giants upset them and became the opponent  there was an almost natural let down to boot.

 

This is different..........the Bills are a road underdog playing the AFC SB favorite..........the team that was the Vegas favorite to win this year's SB already just moments after they lost the last one..........and most importantly, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year.

 

The potential for a let down would probably be an AFC title game against the Bengals.......I'll take my chances against a young, inexperienced roster playing at Buffalo though..............and even the Titans should bring out the vengeance in the Bills in the next round.

 

I love this matchup for the same reason I loved drawing the Patriots.........the potential for let down is low and the sweetness of victory could be astronomical.

 

100% this.  Every day for the past year this entire franchise has been focused on getting back to this moment and a post season face off with the Chiefs.  The idea that the Bills are sleep walking into a return trip to Arrowhead because they won a wild card game is just preposterous.  

[TC in St. Louis]

51 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

100% this.  Every day for the past year this entire franchise has been focused on getting back to this moment and a post season face off with the Chiefs.  The idea that the Bills are sleep walking into a return trip to Arrowhead because they won a wild card game is just preposterous.  

That was my hope; they will see this as just winning a wild card game.  It was probably a bigger game, emotionally, for the fans than the team.  
 

Next!!

[BruceVilanch]

2 hours ago, Joe Ferguson said:

If Bills lose, then they don't deserve the trophy.

[Utah John]

3 hours ago, billybrew1 said:

I was just thinking. We're going to have to rename more streets. We need an intersection of Poyer and Hyde....

 

Go Bills!

Bad idea.  They'd have to put up a brick wall so nothing could get by.

4 hours ago, TC in St. Louis said:

When the Bills beat the Raiders 51-3, they were on top of the world.  They were cocky and had perhaps too much swagger.  They only had a week to prepare for the Super Bowl, and they allegedly took a lot of that time having fun and going to parties.  We know what happened.

 

I'm confident that the Bills have already moved past the Patriots game....as great as that was, that means very little when it comes to the next opponent.  They will have to work their tails off and be humble.  They played a perfect game, just like the Oakland AFC Championship game, but they need to be careful not to get wrapped up in reading how great they were last Saturday.

 

Right now that game means nothing.  Of course, in the history of the franchise, it was as sweet as it gets.

 

Get ready, boys.

Most of the team wasn't even born when Parcells/Belichick beat that earlier team.

[Xwnyer]

6 hours ago, TC in St. Louis said:

When the Bills beat the Raiders 51-3, they were on top of the world.  They were cocky and had perhaps too much swagger.  They only had a week to prepare for the Super Bowl, and they allegedly took a lot of that time having fun and going to parties.  We know what happened.

 

I'm confident that the Bills have already moved past the Patriots game....as great as that was, that means very little when it comes to the next opponent.  They will have to work their tails off and be humble.  They played a perfect game, just like the Oakland AFC Championship game, but they need to be careful not to get wrapped up in reading how great they were last Saturday.

 

Right now that game means nothing.  Of course, in the history of the franchise, it was as sweet as it gets.

 

Get ready, boys.

We got beat by the cheater coach. Recall how many defenders would go down on field have to be almost carried off only to return a play or two later.  This is how BB slowed the K Gun.   Plus that team partied like crazy before the SB

[Behindenemylines]

7 hours ago, Joe Ferguson said:

If Bills lose, then they don't deserve the trophy.

And without air, we can’t breathe. 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Uhh no. As a fan base, we're not looking passed the Chiefs. We need to get the win in order to get to the AFC Title game.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Why why why?

 

this 💩 isn’t needed 

 

 

 

[HOUSE]

Do we get a trophy for beating the Chiefs??

 

just asking....

[All_Pro_Bills]

This version of the Bills will not lose because they took the Chiefs lightly or were over-confident.  This team appears to be driven.  Lots of guys with chips on their shoulders, real or imaginary out to prove everybody wrong and to tell their detractors to shove it.  Like Allen, the QB that would never be a franchise type player and Diggs the WR that was a locker room problem and bad teammate.  They put away the Patriots so just check off one item on the to-do list.  Next checkbox is the Chiefs in the playoffs.  

Its been said Beane has built the roster to beat the Chiefs.  Well this is it right here.  I'm pretty confident they got it going on for Sunday.  I think the Chiefs bring it too but the Bills are peaking at the right time here.  Its no runaway but the Bills live to play another week.    

[BillsPride12]

I'm not worried about this Bills team losing focus.  McDermott, Josh Allen and company are all business.  The Super Bowl era Bills teams had a ton of partiers on them.  Apples to Oranges comparison.