I never believed we were a cursed franchise... until today

[saundena]

Title says it all and I don't know how we recover as an organization. This sure felt like it was going to be our year. A win today would have gotten us the Bengals in Orchard Park.  What do we have to do to get over the hump or appease the football gods?  We have a superstar QB who actually outplayed Mahomes.... In KC no less, but our vaunted defense which features 2 high draft picks specifically selected to slow Mahomes we're MIA.   Sure we'll field a competitive team next year, but I have ho confidence that we won't "Bills" away another season and and another one the year after.   What is it going to take to win a SB?  I feel like it's a hopeless endeavor.

[ChrisWatson#21]

Yeah… the way they lost today is only rivaled by some team that lost in a similar fashion… hold on I’m trying to remember which team.. oh yes!  The Bills themselves back in 1999😂😂. Yes they are cursed but you know what?  They wouldn’t be the Buffalo Bills if they won a championship🤷🏻‍♂️

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Human sacrifices, that's what is needed.  I am getting a representative sampling of deserving candidates from the board. 🤨

[chongli]

8 hours ago, saundena said:

Title says it all and I don't know how we recover as an organization. This sure felt like it was going to be our year. A win today would have gotten us the Bengals in Orchard Park.  What do we have to do to get over the hump or appease the football gods?  We have a superstar QB who actually outplayed Mahomes.... In KC no less, but our vaunted defense which features 2 high draft picks specifically selected to slow Mahomes we're MIA.   Sure we'll field a competitive team next year, but I have ho confidence that we won't "Bills" away another season and and another one the year after.   What is it going to take to win a SB?  I feel like it's a hopeless endeavor.

 

 

The Packers lost three years in a row in the playoffs to the Cowboys from 1993-95 (plus four times in the regular season from 1993-96 to them), before winning the SB in 1996. (All seven games were at Dallas, btw.)

Edited January 24, 2022 by chongli

[bills6969]

Don’t lose to the worst team in the league during the Reg season.  Take care of business during the regular season and get home field advantage

[RobbRiddick]

So many fan bases out there think they are cursed. The Jets are cursed, the Dolphins, the Jags, the Bengals, it goes on and on.

 

The Oilers were cursed when we came back from 35-3 down to beat them. John Elway and the Broncos were cursed until they beat the Packers. 

 

I'd say, awful loss aside, we're one of the lucky few franchises that has not only a franchise QB but one of the very top players at any position in the entire league.

 

Dolphins fans are staring down the barrel of another season with Tua at the helm, how do you think they feel?

[chongli]

2 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

 

 

The Oilers were cursed when we came back from 35-3 down to beat them. John Elway and the Broncos were cursed until they beat the Packers. 

 

 

And unfortunately, their curse ended with the Music City Miracle against us in 1999. Ugh.

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

The only thing I can think is it might have something to do with OJ still being on the Wall.

[longtimebillsfan]

7 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

So many fan bases out there think they are cursed. The Jets are cursed, the Dolphins, the Jags, the Bengals, it goes on and on.

 

The Oilers were cursed when we came back from 35-3 down to beat them. John Elway and the Broncos were cursed until they beat the Packers. 

 

I'd say, awful loss aside, we're one of the lucky few franchises that has not only a franchise QB but one of the very top players at any position in the entire league.

 

Dolphins fans are staring down the barrel of another season with Tua at the helm, how do you think they feel?

Go points. But we need our curse.  What else do we have in our history?

[Andy1]

BS

[No_Matter_What]

"Cursed" is little silly imo, like @RobbRiddick said above many franchises may feel cursed then.

 

But ATM I do share some fear how do we recover from this. It was just brutal, and it will definitely stay in heads of the players. It was just like losing SB and we all now what happened to Seahawks or Falcons (to name a few who lost in similar fashion recently).

 

I just hope that Josh is what we all hope he is and he comes even stronger out of this. I am sure I wouldn't, but we are talking Josh Allen here.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Well, the Jets are  cursed. 😁

[Greg S]

6 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Well, the Jets are  cursed. 😁

 

Even they have a Lombardi. Granted it was 53 years ago but still they have one.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Just now, Greg S said:

 

Even they have a Lombardi. Granted it was 53 years ago but still they have one.

Lombardi Trophy or not, they have the Johnson Bros., and they hired Gase after Miami gave him the heave-ho.  That's 'Ancient Mariner' level damnation. 😁

Besides, I think they had to give the Lombardi to Suzy Kolber after Joe Willy groped her.

[JaCrispy]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Human sacrifices, that's what is needed.  I am getting a representative sampling of deserving candidates from the board. 🤨

Seeing how the only thing keeping me alive was waiting for the Bills to win a super bowl, I don’t mind sacrificing myself for the cause, now...😉

[VaMilBill]

We are not cursed. This was avoidable. McD and Frazier simply called terrible plays from the final kick to the end of regulation. Just stupidity 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Just now, JaCrispy said:

Seeing how the only thing keeping me alive was waiting for the Bills to win a super bowl, I don’t mind sacrificing myself for the cause, now...😉

Well, make a few 'knuckle dragging, gape mouthed and drooling' posts about direction the team is heading, and we'll see what we can do.  And as Spock said to McCoy in ST:II, "Remember."

[saundena]

55 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

So many fan bases out there think they are cursed. The Jets are cursed, the Dolphins, the Jags, the Bengals, it goes on and on.

 

The Oilers were cursed when we came back from 35-3 down to beat them. John Elway and the Broncos were cursed until they beat the Packers. 

 

I'd say, awful loss aside, we're one of the lucky few franchises that has not only a franchise QB but one of the very top players at any position in the entire league.

 

Dolphins fans are staring down the barrel of another season with Tua at the helm, how do you think they feel?

You're making my point for me. Unlike some of the other franchises you mentioned, we've done everything seemingly right, built a contender, only to lose in the most soul crushing ways possible. 

 

This Bills team, like other Bills teams of the past is very good- yet we appear to lose important / playoff games in the most mind numbing ways.  

 

-4 Superbowls

-Moulds deep pass then Fumble 98 playoffs

-The "Just give it to them" game

-Music City Miracle

-Loss to the Steelers 2nd stringers to make the playoffs

-Yesterdays 13 Seconds game

 

I'm sure I could think of more if I gave it time, but you get the point.  The teams referenced above were all very good teams that inexplicable lost.  They weren't dumpster fire teams wandering aimlessly in football purgatory.

Edited January 24, 2022 by saundena

[Bleed Bills Blue]

The good news is that site for the new stadium has been extensively surveyed using ground penetrating radar. No native American remains there, unlike the current stadium. So, the curse will finally be lifted when we start playing there in four years' time. Josh should be in his prime, then.

[Billsatlastin2018]

3 minutes ago, saundena said:

You're making my point for me. Unlike some of the other franchises you mentioned, we're done everything seemingly right, built a contender, only to lose in the most soul crushing ways possible. 

 

This Bills team, like other Bills teams of the past is very good- yet we appear to lose important / playoff games in the most mind numbing ways.  

 

-4 Superbowls

-Moulds deep pass then Fumble 98 playoffs

-The "Just give it to them" game

-Music City Miracle

-Loss to the Steelers 2nd stringers to make the playoffs

-Yesterdays 13 Seconds game

Sure I could think of more if I have it time, but you get the point.  The teams referenced above were all very good teams that inexplicable lost

OMG!

 

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