This Team Feels Different

[No_Matter_What]

32 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Lots of luck involved in potentially winning a Super Bowl.  We saw that in spades yesterday.  

I understand that objectively we are far from that, but  I really think we'll win it this year.

 

Yesterday was actually the toughest game. We will beat Chiefs more convincingly and the just crush whoever we meet in SB.

[NewEra]

18 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

I understand that objectively we are far from that, but  I really think we'll win it this year.

 

Yesterday was actually the toughest game. We will beat Chiefs more convincingly and the just crush whoever we meet in SB.

I hear ya-

 

2 down- 2 to go.  I like our chances- I just haven’t reached the point where I’m looking that far ahead.  One game at a time

[SoonerBillsFan]

This reminds me of when Manning finally broke through against Brady.  

[Gugny]

Are you using your left hand?

[thronethinker]

This team is where it is for one main reason. They don’t give up the ball and they they take it away often. AS long as that stat holds they will win, next game they lose that stat line, seasons is over. 2 games left, can they end the season without giving up the ball? If they do it’s a Lombardy. 

Edited 2 hours ago by thronethinker

[Big Turk]

The Bills have realized that you don't need splash plays to win in the playoffs as much as you need clean football and not beating yourself with dumb plays.

[The Firebaugh Kid]

I was there. It’s tangible. There’s something in the air 🏆

[Shaw66]

2 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:

So this probably won’t go over well, but every season when the Bills get close to/start the playoffs, these “this team feels different” threads get started. I definitely think they are going into KC and winning next week, I definitely think they are going to win the Super Bowl, and I definitely think there’s going to be an amazing parade in 2 feet of snow that I will gladly be at. I just think we have to be careful with these statements, because they get made every season 

Well, I don't recall that there are "this team feels different" threads every year - I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday, but if there are, they aren't necessarily threads started by the same person. It may feel different to me one season and different to someone else the next season. 

 

And I'm not sure why we have to be careful about people expressing their feelings. 

 

I actually do think this team feels different. I think that several things happened this season to cause this team to be the first team that approaches the game completely within McDermott's vision. It's a true team, and it's realizing the benefits of team play, the synergies.  11 players doesn't give you 1+1 plus plus =11.  In McDermott's vision, 1+1 plus =12 or 13. In order to play McDermott's way, every player has to give up a bit of himself and let himself become integrated into the team.  It's happening this season, and that's why the team feels different. 

 

I thought the first half was remarkable. They did give up the opening drive, but then the Bills were about perfect. How would you like a perfect half to end? By having a lead already, running out the clock, scoring a touchdown, the opponent takes a knee, and they receive the second half kickoff.  Perfect. And there were no stars in that performance - just a team making plays. 

[KentuckyBillsFan]

It feels different because we actually have physicality and an elite run game... We're not reliant on Josh Allen to do everything. The fact that he threw for 126 yards and we beat the Ravens, who have the best top to bottom roster in football IMO, in the divisional round of the playoffs isn't something we could've dreamed of 2 or 3 years ago...

 

I also think we underestimate how big of a team cancer Stefon Diggs was. Just a totally different vibe without him. 

[H2o]

15 minutes ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

I also think we underestimate how big of a team cancer Stefon Diggs was. Just a totally different vibe without him. 

I always viewed the Diggs move as addition by subtraction, and the team has proven just that.