Same energy as the last few years?

[BeavercreekBillsFan]

McDermott and Beane have run their course for me and I think that’s my issue. I just don’t trust them to make the right calls with this team. Too many bad coaching decisions and wasted draft picks. We have maybe the best QB and he might be the most unique weapon in the league too but I wish we brought in a different coach to inject new life into the team. Too many times we come out flat when it matters most. Hope this year feels different. I’m pumped that Frazier is gone, that was a great decision. Hoping to see the defense play with some physicality and less soft zone and laziness. 
 

[TheCockSportif]

Great thread, OP (that wasn't sarcasm).  Coaching still kind of concerns me, and I'm being low key with this remark.  Could this team win the SB this year?  Yes.  Could this team finish .500 or less this year?  Yes.

 

Going into this season I'm just feeling cautious.  You go from 17 years of (wrongly) talking yourself into thinking that EJM and others of his ilk would QB this team into the playoffs to two years of utter letdowns.  This team is really good, but it's also got its warts.  That's the tough part to reconcile going into this season.

[Scott7975]

8 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Am I alone in lacking the energy and excitement of the last few seasons? Don’t get me wrong, I think that the Bills will be really good. Last year, I was sure that they were winning the Super Bowl. Maybe I just haven’t “recovered” from how last year ended but I’m not feeling that same energy as last year. 

 

I feel the same way.  I even posted it in Shaw's thread the other day.  I am just not doing the things I normally do.  I am happy to see them play today but nowhere near the energy level of years past. I haven't really watched any hype videos, spent all that much time here, listened to wgr, read any articles.  I still love the Bills but something is definitely different this year.  Maybe I am just older.  Maybe I am at the point that I need to see the team get over the hump.  Not sure really.  All I know is that usually I am pumped by now and I am not.  I don't even know what to expect of the team.

[UKBillFan]

3 minutes ago, TheCockSportif said:

Great thread, OP (that wasn't sarcasm).  Coaching still kind of concerns me, and I'm being low key with this remark.  Could this team win the SB this year?  Yes.  Could this team finish .500 or less this year?  Yes.

 

Going into this season I'm just feeling cautious.  You go from 17 years of (wrongly) talking yourself into thinking that EJM and others of his ilk would QB this team into the playoffs to two years of utter letdowns.  This team is really good, but it's also got its warts.  That's the tough part to reconcile going into this season.

 

Every team has warts. The best coaches cover them up as much as they can. To win the division, let alone the Super Bowl, that's what the Bills need to do.

[Success]

I'm trying to separate myself from expectations.  It's not easy.

 

I lived through the Kelly years, and now we have Josh Allen.  Odds are that we're unlikely to get another incredible QB again in my lifetime -so, I really just want to enjoy every game that Allen plays, and the time that we have him.

 

My energy is definitely different this year because of that.  I'm just low-key about the whole thing. I'm less invested in the outcome of winning it all, and more living in the moment & just trying to enjoy each week.

 

[juno999]

32 minutes ago, Success said:

I'm trying to separate myself from expectations.  It's not easy.

 

I lived through the Kelly years, and now we have Josh Allen.  Odds are that we're unlikely to get another incredible QB again in my lifetime -so, I really just want to enjoy every game that Allen plays, and the time that we have him.

 

My energy is definitely different this year because of that.  I'm just low-key about the whole thing. I'm less invested in the outcome of winning it all, and more living in the moment & just trying to enjoy each week.

 

I do enjoy watching 17 play!  Some of his throws are just jaw dropping.

[ganesh]

Everyone is cautiously optimistic for the season.  Once the season gets.rolling the fans will be in the rhythm of the team 

 

this team has a lot of unknowns going into week1 and we as fans are desperate to find out as the preseason did not give much glimpse of it.  Go Bills ! 

This is the year the coaches have to elevate themselves in the playoffs.  Put your team in a position to execute.  Keep it simple but effective. 
 

Winning in the playoffs and the Super Bowl requires this elevation something thus coaching staff has lacked.  They need to demonstrate that 

 

Go Bills ! 

[Nextmanup]

9 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

I am definitely a bit more low energy this season.

Me too.  I have said all off-season that we are likely to regress this year and I think the fanbase feels it; the progression upward has stalled for several years now.

 

This year we go backward IMO.

 

We need a reset.  I have also predicted Dorsey will be gone after this year; a better OC could help rejuvenate interest.

 

 

[QCity]

Last night was Exhibit A for setting expectations lower.

[Einstein]

On 9/11/2023 at 9:40 AM, Kirby Jackson said:

Am I alone in lacking the energy and excitement of the last few seasons? Don’t get me wrong, I think that the Bills will be really good. Last year, I was sure that they were winning the Super Bowl. Maybe I just haven’t “recovered” from how last year ended but I’m not feeling that same energy as last year. 

 

I’m glad you posted this, because I thought I was the only one. 

 

I used to count down the days until the season started. This year? Meh.

 

Don’t get me wrong - Once the game starts, i’m amped. But prior to that… nothing like last year or really any other year.

 

In some ways, it feels like last season broke me. I’m hoping they can turn things around and I can regain my mojo.

[Gugny]

These are uncharted waters for me. 
 

I’ve never felt like coaching is our Achilles heel more than I feel it now. 
 

Clearly, we’ve had some horrible, horrible coaches over the past couple decades. 
 

But we also had crappy QBs and players. 
 

Now we’ve got an elite QB who is in desperate need of leadership and it’s simply not there. 
 

That said, I’m still optimistic and I still think we’ve got enough talent to go deep into the playoffs. 
 

But at this stage of Allen’s career, this team should be a buzzsaw. 
 

The lack of enthusiasm/energy at the fan base level - to me- is a result of the lack of enthusiasm/energy the on-field product has displayed for nearly an entire year of football. 
 

I’ve never seen the Allen-era Bills play less-inspired football. 

[Bills!Win!]

Bump. Is anyone lacking excitement now? 

[TheBrownBear]

6 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Bump. Is anyone lacking excitement now? 

Good bump.  I was thinking about this last night in the shower.  Sunday's game served as sort of a post-Bengals debacle palate cleanser that the Commanders and Raiders games didn't quite provide.  The fanbase really needed Sunday for our collective psyche, imo.

Edited October 3, 2023 by TheBrownBear

[uninja]

5 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Bump. Is anyone lacking excitement now? 

 

Season is young, one of our (extremely good) starting corners went down with a potentially career ending injury. Yes our DL looks beastly, yes we're playing great football in all phases but there's still a long slog to get to the post-season.

 

I'm going to reserve my excitement for when we punch our ticket to the playoffs because to me, with where this team is at right now, that's when it gets real.

[Royale with Cheese]

I feel better about this team more than I ever have.

 

It was 2020 because of our offense but I was always scared we would lose games in the trenches but still was very confident overall.

 

I felt great in the first half of the season last year but our offensive line worried me there too.

 

Right now, since I feel good about both trenches, my excitement level is back way up.

[Fleezoid]

35 minutes ago, uninja said:

 

Season is young, one of our (extremely good) starting corners went down with a potentially career ending injury. Yes our DL looks beastly, yes we're playing great football in all phases but there's still a long slog to get to the post-season.

 

I'm going to reserve my excitement for when we punch our ticket to the playoffs because to me, with where this team is at right now, that's when it gets real.

 

I'm in this camp. It feels real good right now, but that was true during first half of last season. Then we got to the Packers game and things started to unravel string by sting, very slowly. The Bills mojo was leaking and then all those strange obstacles started. By the time we got to the playoffs, the mojo had drained out. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

I love reading old threads just to see how wrong everyone was (including myself.)

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

I love reading old threads just to see how wrong everyone was (including myself.)

 

Wait until we lose one and come back and it will cycle the other way as well

[Bills!Win!]

If we had the same pass Rush and defense in the last four years as we did these last four games, We would have at least one Super Bowl victory possibly two

Edited October 3, 2023 by Bills!Win!

[SCBills]

The energy is back for me. 

 

McDermott is currently making the case to me that we can absolutely win a Super Bowl with him.

 

The effect he's had on this Defense, both schematically and in terms of player development is beyond what I expected.  It's what I hoped, but wasn't sure of. 

 

Beane has finally figured out the lines.  We now have a Top 10 OL and Top 3 DL.  We are destroying people on the LOS.

 

Josh Allen, OL/DL investment and McDermott leading the Defense is the formula.  We have weapons, but I wouldn't say Diggs, Davis, Knox, Kincaid , Cook and co. are an elite group of weapons, but the weapons are Super Bowl caliber.. especially when paired with those three components I listed. 

 

This team is loaded.  It's deep.  It's well coached.  And Brandon Beane's recent drafts and money spent are HITTING.