Jump to content

Good perspective on how good we were last year


BillsFan619

Recommended Posts

10 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

Who cares about the regular season record when the Bills were the odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl?

 

Welcome to top tier team status.  The standards are high.

I do. It was a hell of a season. Sucks some can't appreciate it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 Only 6 times over the last 3 seasons has a team finished 13-3 or better. Packers and Eagles each did it once, KC & Buffalo are the only 2 to do it twice. Yet there are fans on here saying that those seasons aren't great. We also have the 2nd best record over the last 3 years, only trailing KC. Yeah, top 7% isn't great lol.

 

 

 


Your point about KC being the key.  
 

To me, a great regular season means getting the 1 seed.  We have yet to do that. 
 

The 1 seed is the AFC is massive.  Not just a big deal … massive.  The one recent year KC didn’t get the 1, they were the 2, with the weakest 1 seed ever in Tennessee inevitably bowing out to give KC the de facto 1 in regards to home field. 

Edited by SCBills
Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

Who cares about the regular season record when the Bills were the odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl?

 

Welcome to top tier team status.  The standards are high.

 

 Only twice since the start of the 2009 season has the "odds on favorite" entering week 1 gone on to win the Super Bowl. Doesn't happen often, only 14% of the time.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, 90sBills said:

Bills are a great regular season team! 😇

And I'm starting to get the impression most Bills fans are OK with that. "Just entertain me", they say.  "Don't you remember the drought", they say.  Yes it's amazing to win 10-13 games every year.  But once the playoffs start things start going upside down. I'm not willing to waste a generational qb just to be "regular season" champs.  Figure it out Derm.

  • Eyeroll 1
  • Agree 1
  • Thank you (+1) 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, SCBills said:


Your point about KC being the key.  
 

To me, a great regular season means getting the 1 seed.  We have yet to do that. 
 

The 1 seed is the AFC is massive.  Not just a big deal … massive.  The one recent year KC didn’t get the 1, they were the 2, with the weakest 1 seed ever in Tennessee inevitably bowing out to give KC the de facto 1 in regards to home field. 

 

 First off I get that's your opinion, you've voiced it several times now. Secondly you are mixing up the meaning of the words "great" and "the best". You don't need to be the best at something to still be considered great. That's not my opinion, it's a fact. Top 7% in anything is not considered merely good, it's considered great. 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 minutes ago, SCBills said:


Your point about KC being the key.  
 

To me, a great regular season means getting the 1 seed.  We have yet to do that. 
 

The 1 seed is the AFC is massive.  Not just a big deal … massive.  The one recent year KC didn’t get the 1, they were the 2, with the weakest 1 seed ever in Tennessee inevitably bowing out to give KC the de facto 1 in regards to home field. 

 


Exactly TO YOU. 

I would actually argue you would say that would an "okay" season and without consecutive Superbowl wins the season was not great.

Keep moving the goal posts each time they are reached.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

20 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

Like I said, entitled
Most fans in the league would take a 13 and three season and said they had a great season

That is part of the problem the expectations for the season


13-3 is a great year… although personally I thought that they struggled at times over the second half of the season and perhaps that record flattered them a little, as we saw with their form in the playoffs..


Eventually though, with Josh Allen on this team, they will need to break through and win a Championship or it’s going to seem like disappointment.. even if they go 13-3 every year until he retires …

 

I still think they should be able to do it  at some stage, so yes….my expectations are high going into each year with prime Josh Allen …

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 


Exactly TO YOU. 

I would actually argue you would say that would an "okay" season and without consecutive Superbowl wins the season was not great.

Keep moving the goal posts each time they are reached.


I don’t think you know what the phrase “moving the goal posts” means.  
 

We’re all giving our opinions… therefore, the “TO ME” part should be implied.  
 

If we finish 13-4 this year, with the 3 seed, is that another great season? 
 

Edited by SCBills
Link to comment
Share on other sites

14 minutes ago, Airseven said:

Bills were fortunate to play mediocre-to-weak teams in 7 of their last 8 games. Those ugly wins could've been ugly losses against better competition. 

If if if

42 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

And I'm starting to get the impression most Bills fans are OK with that. "Just entertain me", they say.  "Don't you remember the drought", they say.  Yes it's amazing to win 10-13 games every year.  But once the playoffs start things start going upside down. I'm not willing to waste a generational qb just to be "regular season" champs.  Figure it out Derm.

No

 

its more of as long as your in it you have a chance

  • Like (+1) 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Success said:

We were a great team, who circumstances caught up w/ and derailed.

 

We were just blowing teams away in the 1st couple of months, and clicking on all cylinders.  But man, so much happened over the course of the season. Every team has adversity, but it hit a limit.  

 

Correction, we blew out the Rams and then the Titans, both teams having been absurdly overrated and among the worst on our schedule.  After that we went on vacation as if beating them was a singular formality to going 17-0 and sliding into a Championship per the preseason pub.  

 

After that we lost to Miami, barely beat Baltimore going 4-3 in our next 7.  

 

The only two teams that we blew out were Pittsburgh in week 5 and then the Bears on Christmas Eve.  

 

We got blown out by Cinci.  

 

We only beat three playoff teams during the regular season, two of which were WC teams.  We beat those teams by 3 points twice and by 4 points once.  We also lost to Miami once.  

 

We had a relatively soft schedule in hindsight.   It's quite possible were overrated ourselves after the first two games against teams that were supposed to be in contention but which finished a combined 12-22 and both of which finishing near last in offense.  

 

Just sayin'.

 

I know that I did.  

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:

That is part of the problem the expectations for the season

 

When you have a Josh Allen then the expectations are a championship.  

 

We don't make it out and say OK, we'll "expect a championship" in 2025, 2028, and 2030, but no other years.  That's how you make it sound.  

 

You expect it every year and if not achieved ask why not and figure out how to correct what's wrong.

 

Again, there are two sets of fans, some that are happy with entertaining play all season regardless of the results, and the others, including those of us that went through the SB years, that will only be satisfied with a championship. 

 

For those simply happy with doing shots from a bowling ball and jumping onto tables and tailgating while being pleased with a winning season and little else, good for them, I envy them.  But for them to impose that standard upon the rest of us, well that's just wrong.  

 

I think that almost all fans agree that if we don't win one with Allen it'll be tragic and ridiculous.  

 

 

1 hour ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 Only 6 times over the last 3 seasons has a team finished 13-3 or better. Packers and Eagles each did it once, KC & Buffalo are the only 2 to do it twice. Yet there are fans on here saying that those seasons aren't great. We also have the 2nd best record over the last 3 years, only trailing KC. Yeah, top 7% isn't great lol.  

 

What else did you notice about those the teams that is not common with us?

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, OldTimer1960 said:

I was talking about the whole season, not just the Bengals’ game.  This team overcame a TON of adversity last season - then they went through Hamlin’s heart stopping on the field.  If people don’t think that affected the team, then I strongly disagree.

 

I think it affected the team, for sure.  I think it affected the coaches.  My point was that we were missing a ton of people on D for that last game.

Jaquan Johnson and Cam Lewis at Safety doesn't seem very safe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is OLD. A NEW topic should be started unless there is a very specific reason to revive this one.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...