C.Biscuit97 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. 8 1 1 1 Quote
Nephilim17 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) You got it. We've been a very good team with a great QB and our team has been very good in the regular season but not great in clutch playoff games. Yes, it beats the drought years, but the funny thing with expectations is the higher you set them the more disappointing it is not to make them. So, in a weird way losing in the playoffs hurts a lot more than not making them. Edited January 28 by Nephilim17 6 1 5 1 Quote
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 1 minute ago, Nephilim17 said: You got it. We've been a very good team with a great QB that's very good in the regular season but not great in clutch playoff games. Yes, it beats the drought years, but the funny thing with expectations is the higher you set them the more disappointing it is not to make them. So, in a weird way losing in the playoffs hurts a lot more than not making them. Happiness is a product of your expectations. I might have killed a person (a bad one) to have this season during the drought years. Now it’s like a bit of a wasted season 2 Quote
FireChans Posted January 27 Posted January 27 3 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said: You got it. We've been a very good team with a great QB that's very good in the regular season but not great in clutch playoff games. Yes, it beats the drought years, but the funny thing with expectations is the higher you set them the more disappointing it is not to make them. So, in a weird way losing in the playoffs hurts a lot more than not making them. Nothing hurts more than a December home game when you’re mathematically eliminated. You just forgot how much it hurt. 4 3 3 Quote
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 Just now, FireChans said: Nothing hurts more than a December home game when you’re mathematically eliminated. You just forgot how much it hurt. Obviously you don’t remember Brian Brohm’s electric start against Atlanta!!! 🔥🔥🔥 1 Quote
FireChans Posted January 27 Posted January 27 2 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: Obviously you don’t remember Brian Brohm’s electric start against Atlanta!!! 🔥🔥🔥 I think I went to Matt Cassel vs Trent Edwards, season finale at home in 2008. Miserable conditions. My gloves needed gloves. Anyone who says that sucks less than losing to what might be the second greatest or greatest QB/coach combo in NFL history in the playoffs is actually insane. 4 Quote
Success Posted January 27 Posted January 27 It's not the kind of overview that you want to be on the wrong side of. We're underachievers, not overachievers. We are unlucky, not lucky. I don't believe in curses, at all - but it's weird. We seem to have a team that has a large weight of history on it now. It seems like we keep adding to that weight every year, and it becomes progressively harder to overcome. So many "what ifs." It's crazy. It will make it that much better if we finally get a title, but I do wonder if we ever will. 2 3 Quote
Process Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) One AFC championship appearance in that span is unacceptable. And I honestly don't think McDermott is anywhere close to being on the hot seat. Edited January 27 by Process 1 1 6 Quote
Don Otreply Posted January 27 Posted January 27 17 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. Nice thread, I would say the main culprit is scheme / play design and making adjustments on both sides of the ball, (coaches) and a lack of difference makers / elite weapons on offense, for example, a killer #1b WR would make a gigantic difference jmo. 3 Quote
BuffaloBill Posted January 27 Posted January 27 The really hard thing is that Te AFC may have its best era of QB’s. The Bills have to compliment JA with a D and a ST’s group if they hope to get to the promised land. The remainder of the AFC is too good for JA to do it alone. 3 Quote
Low Positive Posted January 27 Posted January 27 This is all I wanted during the drought. I would say "I just want the Bills to be relevant." If you don't live outside of the area, you have no idea how invisible the Bills were outside of WNY for 18 years. But now I want more of course. I guess it's like money; you can never have enough. 2 Quote
Lieutenant Aldo Raine Posted January 27 Posted January 27 28 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. Well, at least your other favorite team still has a chance tomorrow! 1 1 Quote
90sBills Posted January 27 Posted January 27 29 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. Maybe next year the Bills can find a way to avoid Mahomes AND Burrow in the playoffs. They can surely make it with that scenario right? 2 Quote
freddyjj Posted January 27 Posted January 27 38 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. Curious what those numbers would look like if filtered vs teams that made playoffs each year. And then add Bills playoff games. Not sure it would look too good. 1 Quote
RiotAct Posted January 27 Posted January 27 11 minutes ago, 90sBills said: Maybe next year the Bills can find a way to avoid Mahomes AND Burrow in the playoffs. They can surely make it with that scenario right? just cross your fingers we don’t meet Jacksonville in the playoffs either! 2 Quote
SCBills Posted January 27 Posted January 27 8 minutes ago, 90sBills said: Maybe next year the Bills can find a way to avoid Mahomes AND Burrow in the playoffs. They can surely make it with that scenario right? CJ Stroud throws for 350 yards and 4 TD’s as the Bills fall 38-35 on a last second 52 yard FG in the 2025 Divisional Round. (Insert McDermott excuse here) 3 1 1 Quote
BarleyNY Posted January 27 Posted January 27 55 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: How did we not make a Super Bowl: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years - second in wins - 5th in points/ game - 1st in points allowed/ game - 3rd in first downs - 2nd in 3rd down conversion % honestly, I have absolutely loved this ride. To have an amazing qb where playoffs are a given every year is such an amazing feeling. But man, a team with that resume should have made more than one championship game. 😢 just wanted to bum everyone out on a Saturday morning. It’s almost as if there’s something holding back an otherwise stellar team. 3 1 Quote
DapperCam Posted January 27 Posted January 27 18 minutes ago, freddyjj said: Curious what those numbers would look like if filtered vs teams that made playoffs each year. And then add Bills playoff games. Not sure it would look too good. The metrics on offense for the playoffs would look stellar. Likely top 3 in all categories for efficiency and maybe volume. The defense would look very mediocre. 1 Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Two reasons: 1) Too many injuries 2) Andy Reid & Patrick Mahomes 1 1 Quote
ALLinALLEN Posted January 27 Posted January 27 (edited) The problem with these stats is that they're all averages. Yes, it all adds up to great records YoY, and good teams/etc. But in the big moments, against the best teams, this team fails year after year. A lot of that blame I put squarely on the coach. Edited January 27 by ALLinALLEN 2 Quote
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