Bills are 8-2 for the first time in over 30 years

[CincyBillsFan]

38 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

As they roll up 415 yards and 30 points for the 4th straight time playing their C- game with their top 2 WRs downs and then losing Kincaid after halftime.

Not to mention that the last drive which was officially 84 yards but the Bills had to overcome TWO holding penalties and an illegal procedure making it essentially a 100 yard drive to lock up the game.

[eball]

7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Yep. It's a nice position to be in. I'm still not seeing a true Superbowl contending team here tbh. I think if we win a playoff game this year that is our reasonable ceiling. Of course Josh could play out of his mind in the playoffs and we get a bounce or two and who knows? But I don't think that is realistic tbh.

I don’t know. With a healthy Cooper and Coleman, and perhaps the return of Milano, this looks like a contender to me. They’re putting up 30 a game as it is. 
 

[hondo in seattle]

Neither our offense, nor our defense, nor our special teams have played consistently good football this year.

 

Yet, here were are.  

[Dr.Sack]

17 TDs, 4 rushing TDs, 4 picks on the year. Let’s not forget 8-2 is mostly due to the QB protecting the football like never before. Hard to beat the Bills when they win the TO battle. 

[GunnerBill]

6 hours ago, Gugny said:

You’re really going out on a limb, here. 
 

You don’t think the Bills can win the Super Bowl. 
 

But they might win the Super Bowl if Josh plays really well. 
 

But they will probably only win one playoff game …

 

UNLESS Josh plays really well. 
 

But the Bills probably won’t win the Super Bowl ….

 

Unless they do. 
 

And if they don’t … you will remind us how you said they wouldn’t. 
 

But if they DO … you will remind us that you said they would if Josh played really well and they got a few lucky bounces. 
 

Like every .. Super Bowl .. winner … ever. 

 

No, no, if they do I was wrong about this team. I have been of the view since the spring that this was obviously a reload and that they would win the division anyway but wouldn't go far in the post season. If they do, however it happens, I will gladly eat crow.

[GunnerBill]

4 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

Agreed. For me it comes down to the D line.

 

Very underwhelming so far and I have a bad feeling it's going to bite them in the playoffs. 

 

I don't think the Dline is helped by how they are playing behind them to try and protect the safeties - especially in the run game - but I think the pass rush from the front 4 has been really disappointing for the most part. AJ and Greg have flashes but not consistent enough. Ed Oliver had a great game in Seattle but otherwise is having his worst season since 2020. Daquan Jones has fallen off a cliff. Von has been suspended sure, but has struggled to make an impact. It's not been great.

3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Having seen every SB while knowing how the teams got there, the occasions where the winner played great all season are few and far between. In some cases -such as with us- a team currently plays in a Conference where overall the talent is less than the top 5-7 teams in the other Conference. Sometimes it just happens this way.. Currently, Detroit looks very good, but no one else in the NFC is blowing out anybody. 🤷‍♂️

 

How many of them have as few elite talents as this Bills roster? I dunno. I just don't see the game changers beyond Allen and Taron Johnson.

[LABILLBACKER]

8 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I don't think the Dline is helped by how they are playing behind them to try and protect the safeties - especially in the run game - but I think the pass rush from the front 4 has been really disappointing for the most part. AJ and Greg have flashes but not consistent enough. Ed Oliver had a great game in Seattle but otherwise is having his worst season since 2020. Daquan Jones has fallen off a cliff. Von has been suspended sure, but has struggled to make an impact. It's not been great.

 

How many of them have as few elite talents as this Bills roster? I dunno. I just don't see the game changers beyond Allen and Taron Johnson.

This is far from a DL that can win you a SB. We have no elite pass rushers on the roster. Guys who "occasionally flash" will not cut it. Especially against Patrick & Lamar. I've been waiting for one DE to rise up and separate themselves but it hasn't materialized. We lose in the divisional round because Chris Jones destroys our OL. Unfortunately all the money we've thrown at Von was probably a waste.

[ganesh]

7 hours ago, MJS said:

Who does, though? The Ravens have at times, but they have some stinkers as well. The Lions are the new flavor of the week, but the Texans are disrupting them tonight (who themselves have looked both good and bad this season). The Chiefs are winning by a whisker with favorable bounces and calls every single week. They are lucky.

 

I think the Bills look like one of the top teams in the NFL this year, looking at the entire landscape. They are a legitimate superbowl contender in my eyes. They've been hobbled with injuries and are still finding ways to beat teams by double digits. They've won close games. They've clawed back into games. They've done it with offense some weeks, defense others. The pass and run games have both been formidable. The Ravens game is an outlier, I think.

We are winning because Josh Allen is willing this team to victory single handedly. (even if he is making mistakes).   That 95 yard drive in the 4th quarter was huge and the game. 

[dollars 2 donuts]

12 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

Would you look at KC the same kind of way? Unbeaten but talk about getting timely bounces/blocks to win truly ugly week after week…also, Bills leading the league in points scored over this winning streak if I heard the radio call correctly?

 

Well said, HUDs. 
 

I am still also holding out hope for 14-3, or a possible table run if we are able to get some bounces our way and get guys back for Detroit.

 

 

[ROCBillsBeliever]

Great! Now let's get down to brass tacks and find something that we can complain about... 

 

/S

[Ethan in Cleveland]

6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I don't think the Dline is helped by how they are playing behind them to try and protect the safeties - especially in the run game - but I think the pass rush from the front 4 has been really disappointing for the most part. AJ and Greg have flashes but not consistent enough. Ed Oliver had a great game in Seattle but otherwise is having his worst season since 2020. Daquan Jones has fallen off a cliff. Von has been suspended sure, but has struggled to make an impact. It's not been great.

 

How many of them have as few elite talents as this Bills roster? I dunno. I just don't see the game changers beyond Allen and Taron Johnson.

I'd add Cook, Cooper, possibly Rousseau, and Bernard to your list. And that leaves off Shakir who can also make plays but is not an elite talent. 

[dave mcbride]

13 hours ago, Utah John said:

After 10 games each year:

 

1994 5-5

1993 8-2

1992 8-2

1991 9-1

1990 9-1

 

I wonder what the seasons where they were 8-2 or better had in common?

11-1 in 1988.

10 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

They are 9-0.

 

As they roll up 415 yards and 30 points for the 4th straight time playing their C- game with their top 2 WRs downs and then losing Kincaid after halftime.

Kincaid did come back in the third but went out again later. The fact that he came back after having his knee examined has me optimistic that the injury is minor and won’t keep him out of the KC game.

[Homey D. Clown]

We also didn't have kermit the frog playing for the Chiefs back then either.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

17 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

Would you look at KC the same kind of way? Unbeaten but talk about getting timely bounces/blocks to win truly ugly week after week…also, Bills leading the league in points scored over this winning streak if I heard the radio call correctly?

It’s been mostly luck for them this year that has pushed them from very good to 9-0.  They don’t look like an unstoppable team to me by any means 

[GETTOTHE50]

17 hours ago, DaVinci said:

 

lost a lot of respect i had for him when he put this crap out.

[Bruffalo]

10 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

Neither our offense, nor our defense, nor our special teams have played consistently good football this year.

 

Yet, here were are.  

Same can be said of the Chiefs, Ravens, and most of the top teams in the NFL. 

 

Just got to keep grinding. 

[hondo in seattle]

2 hours ago, GETTOTHE50 said:

lost a lot of respect i had for him when he put this crap out.

 

I don't respect or disrespect people based on their football opinions.  I went into war with Pats, Fins, and Jets fans.  Respect for all those guys - especially today on Veteran's Day.  

 

But this is truly amusing.  Thanks for posting.  

[GETTOTHE50]

15 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

I don't respect or disrespect people based on their football opinions.  I went into war with Pats, Fins, and Jets fans.  Respect for all those guys - especially today on Veteran's Day.  

 

But this is truly amusing.  Thanks for posting.  

whatever floats your boat son.

 

and no thanks for your service

[Ethan in Cleveland]

15 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

As I have stated in another thread, this was the number 1 song in America the last time the Bills were 8-2 after 10 games

 

 

Meatloaf!!! Good times!!! 

[Thrivefourfive]

It’s not happening with this coach and with these coordinators. I don’t feel like we have an advantage over any of the contenders, on the sidelines. None of them. We may have some talent and a great QB, but nowhere near enough talent to overcome the coaching.

 

This is why we lose. Always outmatched by the coaches. Reid and Spags vs McDermott and some inexperienced chump scapegoat coordinators that should be picking the bones of average or below organizations. That’s where the good ones figure it out, make a name, and become future leaders. McDermott has been pampered all his assistant coaching career, with superior staffs and talent. I don’t like his process for hiring coordinators.
 

Imagine a Super Bowl (won’t ever happen) where McDermott/Babich/Brady vs Campbell/Johnson/Glenn. The Lions have accomplished more than the Bills have.. they had SF in the NFCCG and didn’t finish them off. The Bills never had a shot vs KC back in 2020 in their only championship game appearance.