Why do some Bills fans refuse to have confidence in this team?

[hemma]

Years of the relentless (drip..drip..drip) Chinese water torture of the trolls.

[BillsFan619]

1 hour ago, Airseven said:

Another fair question is: how do some fans have total faith in the team?

 

I don't mean fluff fans who refer to the team as "we" and bask in social media attention. I mean fans who can overlook failure and aren't apprehensive about renewed disappointment. I'd like to get to that place!

 

The obvious answer is because it's sports and it doesn't matter. But I ask in the spirit of interwebs conversation.

 

1 hour ago, Bills2022 said:

People have confidence in this team. However, if you aren't nervous about playing the Chiefs and Mahomes in the playoffs, you haven't been watching us play the last few years.  This team needs the home field and the bye.  Nobody wants to have to play that extra game while the Chiefs are at home resting and getting healthy.

 

2 hours ago, jletha said:

I think you should have held off even longer...like forever.

 

Almost all have confidence in the team but were also allowed to be nervous at times.

Great question, Airseven.

 

My intent of the question wasn’t from a place of 100% confidence all the time or no nervousness at all. Even with this team, they’ve lost in heartbreaking fashion. The intent wasn’t overlooking anyone either.

 

That said, we’re at a level where fans don’t have to go in to every game (I get being nervous going into games against stiffer competition) as the “nervous” mafia. That was more my point as it seems like it still happens against middling teams. We’re even at a point where facing good competition should have us pretty confident as well.

 

As I mentioned in my original post, it seems like some fans when facing a middling team will point out one of the opposing teams strengths or one of our weaknesses and not focus on the nine strengths we have going into the game. I attached part of my post below that will hopefully clarify.
 

The intent was also about why some don’t give this team or the coaches the benefit of the doubt when we struggle for a quarter, a half, a game or even a stretch of the season. We’re way beyond that as a team. Many great teams still go through games and stretches where they struggle.

Bills2022 and jletha, thanks for your thoughts. I wasn’t saying that there will never be nerves. I acknowledged that there will be especially against stiffer competition. I still get nervous before games and in games as well. I attached part of my post below that will hopefully clarify.

“I think most fans get that we’re not gonna win every game and that the jags game or any given Sunday game could happen once or possibly twice a year. Why not go into some games (I say some games because I get being nervous going into a game like the Chiefs, Ravens or another good team but against teams like the Steelers, Jets or another middling team?) confident and then if there is an “any given Sunday” or “Jags game” outcome then just chalk it up as such. We’re at a level where we can enjoy this team without having to worry about every negative, weakness or game.”

Edited October 27, 2022 by BillsFan619

[78thealltimegreat]

You think this is bad after Buffalo lost to the Pats in the wind game last year. People where talking how we had our chance, it was a good run, Allen’s contract is going to prevent us from building anything in the future. You know morons.

Heck if you read the thread of the Chiefs game these people come out when the offense goes a quarter without scoring a td and Josh Allen needed to be traded ASAP and I’m not joking. 

[Sharky7337]

To add on to my previous post: 

 

When your teams 30 for 30 special is about losing.... well....ummm...

[Slack_in_MA]

Aside from all the historical disappointments already mentioned, pessimism always *sounds* smarter than optimism because optimism sounds like a sales pitch while pessimism sounds like someone trying to help you. 

[Mr. WEO]

4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Yeah it did.  Now way Butker hits that in a wind tunnel. 

 

So you're saying that Butker, who is 91% in December and January definitely would  have missed a 49 yarder because it might have been too windy that night in Buffalo (which mustered only 8mph winds the week before)?

 

...and that the 13 seconds that preceded/allowed that kick would somehow not have happened in Buffalo...because he would have missed the kick?   

 

That's hard to follow

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

18 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

So you're saying that Butker, who is 91% in December and January definitely would  have missed a 49 yarder because it might have been too windy that night in Buffalo (which mustered only 8mph winds the week before)?

 

...and that the 13 seconds that preceded/allowed that kick would somehow not have happened in Buffalo...because he would have missed the kick?   

 

That's hard to follow

 

 

Yes. Home field would have played an advantage.  And... They would have had it on an 18°, cold snowy night in Orchard Park had they have not been robbed by the Refs in the Tampa Bay game.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois

[Mr. WEO]

3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Yes. Home field would have played an advantage.  And... They would have had it on an 18°, cold snowy night in Orchard Park had they have not been robbed by the Refs in the Tampa Bay game.

 

 

 

It was cold with light winds 5-10 mph (12+ in KC).

 

I see no reason to conclude with that certainty that this guy would have missed that kick in Buffalo. 

[Bricks]

It's because we're already waiting for the downside.   We're so used to that, we feel comfortable there, just saying....

[Steptide]

I have alot of confidence in this bills team. However, I lived through 17 years of the drought, and while this is a completely different team, some of those old memories come back to haunt me at times, and honestly I never wanna go through something like "13 seconds" ever again. I'd rather the bills lose by 20 in a playoff game than to go through that again. I'd say I'm cautiously confident on a week to week basis. 

[Buffalo03]

Some people just have to be negative all the time. I have a friend that will call me after a good win and complain about the one or two bad things that happened during the game. He's also the type where we could be winning a game 40-0 and we'll sack the QB and he'll be like "yeah, but it was a coverage sack" and I'm always like "dude, it's a f*cking sack". It's insane lol

[NewEra]

On 10/26/2022 at 7:45 PM, ScottLaw said:

I fully expect them to come away with the one seed and lose at most three more games this season…at most…… But this season is SB or bust so I’ll be skeptical of this starting offensive line and WR depth until they actually do win it all, because if they don’t I have no doubt  it will be because of one or both of those two units or the coaching staff

Lies.  I fixed it for ya.  You aren’t 💯 sure that the coaching staff won’t ef this up 

[BillsFanForever19]

PTSD

[GolfandBills]

I think it’s a defense mechanism from years of being let down.  I know i find myself thinking “here we go” soon as something goes wrong in a game.  

Edited October 28, 2022 by GolfandBills

[Chandler#81]

On 10/26/2022 at 10:18 PM, julian said:

*looking for the 1st inevitable “remember the Jags” post

You don’t come here much, do you? There’s been at least 1 per week for a year now..

[julian]

41 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

You don’t come here much, do you? There’s been at least 1 per week for a year now..

Since you asked, Everyday like some crackhead lol

[Coldfronts]

25 years of Bills induced PTSD will have that effect 

[strive_for_five_guy]

6 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

Some people just have to be negative all the time. I have a friend that will call me after a good win and complain about the one or two bad things that happened during the game. He's also the type where we could be winning a game 40-0 and we'll sack the QB and he'll be like "yeah, but it was a coverage sack" and I'm always like "dude, it's a f*cking sack". It's insane lol

We win the Super Bowl, and some will complain that we should have won one earlier, or that this one means nothing until we win a few more, etc.

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

We win the Super Bowl, and some will complain that we should have won one earlier, or that this one means nothing until we win a few more, etc.

 

If the Bills win the Super Bowl, then the celebration/party in WNY will be legendary. I would make the 6 hour drive from NJ just to be there. I would imagine Bills fans all around the world will try to get to WNY just to be a part of it.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

On 10/26/2022 at 9:21 PM, BillsFan619 said:

Why do some fans choose not to have confidence in this team?

you can’t fix stupid 

 

you can’t take the “fan” out of clueless people like Nick Write who’s oft wrong 😑