In some ways, this is worse than the drought in my opinion

[Einstein]

- During the drought, we always had hope. The hope came from the idea that “Once we get our franchise QB, it will be our time”.

 

- Now that we have our franchise QB, and he is 7 years in, where should our hope come from? Hope that Spags gets a head-coaching job and leaves the Chiefs? Hope that our OC doesn’t run the same failing play five times? Hope that he doesn’t run the same 4th down beater that he has all  year? Hope that Beane finally starts nailing first round picks? Hope that he stops trading with our arch-nemesis and giving them players that will beat us in big games? Seriously - where should the hope come from?

 

- The goal is the Super Bowl. There are 30 failures every year. Some posters think the season was successful even without making it. My opinion on that doesn’t matter. Just look to Allen and McD. Did you see Josh Allen’s press conference? Do you think he thinks it was a successful season? Not a chance. He spoke all year about the goal. McD did too. I am a diehard Allen fan - watch almost everything he does. I have NEVER seen him that dejected. Ever. He barely spoke. The team knows the season was a failure. It doesn’t matter that we beat Miami in Week 3 or whatever.

 

- Some posters think we should be thankful for getting as far as we do and just enjoy the ride. I honestly respect those posters and that line of thinking. I WISH I could understand it. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try, I can’t get there. If anything, getting closer to the SB but not making it is worse in my opinion. Yeah, the Bills have an opportunity every year to win 3 playoff games and get there … but if we never do it, we’ll the actual difference between the Jets and the Bills is simply a worse draft pick.

 

- How does one continue to get happy over the regular seasons triumphs, knowing that the postseason will bring yet another failure? Well, we typically turn to hope. But hope of what!?

[oldmanfan]

Definitely not worse that the drought.  It hurts more to lose at this stage of the year, no question.  But we are one of the top teams in the league and have a shot to win it every year right now. 

[Yobogoya!]

It's crazy to think we've had almost 100 wins over the last 8 years and it could still feel this miserable, lol.

 

The groundhog day repeat of being letdown in the postseason vs the same team is what makes it truly intolerable. It's just too painful to keep watching this play out the same way every postseason.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Because they are right there.

 

If these games went like the 2020 game every year then McDermott would be gone.

 

You don’t accept these losses. Never. No one does. 

Edited yesterday at 12:28 PM by Buffalo_Stampede

[Einstein]

2 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

 have a shot to win it every year right now. 

 

Do we though?

[Another Fan]

While it’s not worse I could tell you I had never been that anxious before a sporting event in my life.

 

Then the eventual letdown.  

[oldmanfan]

Just now, Einstein said:

 

Do we though?

Yes we do.  You get into the playoffs you have a shot.  In the drought when we were not in the playoffs we didn't.

[TH3]

8 minutes ago, Einstein said:

- During the drought, we always had hope. The hope came from the idea that “Once we get our franchise QB, it will be our time”.

 

- Now that we have our franchise QB, and he is 7 years in, where should our hope come from? Hope that Spags gets a head-coaching job and leaves the Chiefs? Hope that our OC doesn’t run the same failing play five times? Hope that he doesn’t run the same 4th down beater that he has all  year? Hope that Beane finally starts nailing first round picks? Hope that he stops trading with our arch-nemesis and giving them players that will beat us in big games? Seriously - where should the hope come from?

 

- The goal is the Super Bowl. There are 30 failures every year. Some posters think the season was successful even without making it. My opinion on that doesn’t matter. Just look to Allen and McD. Did you see Josh Allen’s press conference? Do you think he thinks it was a successful season? Not a chance. He spoke all year about the goal. McD did too. I am a diehard Allen fan - watch almost everything he does. I have NEVER seen him that dejected. Ever. He barely spoke. The team knows the season was a failure. It doesn’t matter that we beat Miami in Week 3 or whatever.

 

- Some posters think we should be thankful for getting as far as we do and just enjoy the ride. I honestly respect those posters and that line of thinking. I WISH I could understand it. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try, I can’t get there. If anything, getting closer to the SB but not making it is worse in my opinion. Yeah, the Bills have an opportunity every year to win 3 playoff games and get there … but if we never do it, we’ll the actual difference between the Jets and the Bills is simply a worse draft pick.

 

- How does one continue to get happy over the regular seasons triumphs, knowing that the postseason will bring yet another failure? Well, we typically turn to hope. But hope of what!?

Look at you!

[Buffalo_Stampede]

2 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Do we though?

Yes. And everyone makes mistakes in the big moments. Allen didn’t play great yesterday. He definitely wasn’t as good as Mahomes.

[Einstein]

1 minute ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Yes. And everyone makes mistakes in the big moments. Allen didn’t play great yesterday. He definitely wasn’t as good as Mahomes.

 

Allen played great. No idea what you’re talking about.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Just now, Einstein said:

 

Allen played great. No idea what you’re talking about.

No he didn’t.

[Einstein]

1 minute ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

No he didn’t.

I’m sorry that you don’t know what you watched, but Allen played great.

 

- After the first drive, he was 68% for over 270 yards, 2 TD’s, 0 INT’s.

 

- He threw an absolute dot to Hollins for a long TD. And another dot to Hollins down the middle to setup another TD.

 

- His 4th down TD to Samuel was incredible. He had to pepper that ball through 2 layers of Chiefs. Wait until you see the All-22.

 

- He was routinely getting harassed because our line folded like a cheap chair, and he still stood in there.

 

- He made numerous audibles throughout the game that beat the Chiefs defensive.

Allen played GREAT. 

[WNYFAN1]

17 minutes ago, Einstein said:

- During the drought, we always had hope. The hope came from the idea that “Once we get our franchise QB, it will be our time”.

 

- Now that we have our franchise QB, and he is 7 years in, where should our hope come from? Hope that Spags gets a head-coaching job and leaves the Chiefs? Hope that our OC doesn’t run the same failing play five times? Hope that he doesn’t run the same 4th down beater that he has all  year? Hope that Beane finally starts nailing first round picks? Hope that he stops trading with our arch-nemesis and giving them players that will beat us in big games? Seriously - where should the hope come from?

 

- The goal is the Super Bowl. There are 30 failures every year. Some posters think the season was successful even without making it. My opinion on that doesn’t matter. Just look to Allen and McD. Did you see Josh Allen’s press conference? Do you think he thinks it was a successful season? Not a chance. He spoke all year about the goal. McD did too. I am a diehard Allen fan - watch almost everything he does. I have NEVER seen him that dejected. Ever. He barely spoke. The team knows the season was a failure. It doesn’t matter that we beat Miami in Week 3 or whatever.

 

- Some posters think we should be thankful for getting as far as we do and just enjoy the ride. I honestly respect those posters and that line of thinking. I WISH I could understand it. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try, I can’t get there. If anything, getting closer to the SB but not making it is worse in my opinion. Yeah, the Bills have an opportunity every year to win 3 playoff games and get there … but if we never do it, we’ll the actual difference between the Jets and the Bills is simply a worse draft pick.

 

- How does one continue to get happy over the regular seasons triumphs, knowing that the postseason will bring yet another failure? Well, we typically turn to hope. But hope of what!?

Their billionaire's millionaires beat our billionaire's millionaires. It happens

 

[NewEra]

Being a Bills fan isn’t just about winning Super Bowls.  It’s the only thing that’s missing- but it’s not the only thing that matters. 
 

I love watching Josh Allen and the boys play every week.  I enjoy it much more than I enjoyed any team in the drought years.  These failures will make the success much more sweet when it comes our way

[Buffalo_Stampede]

3 minutes ago, Einstein said:

I’m sorry that you don’t know what you watched, but Allen played great.

 

- After the first drive, he was 68% for over 270 yards, 2 TD’s, 0 INT’s.

 

- He threw an absolute dot to Hollins for a long TD. And another dot to Hollins down the middle to setup another TD.

 

- His 4th down TD to Samuel was incredible. He had to pepper that ball through 2 layers of Chiefs. Wait until you see the All-22.

 

- He was routinely getting harassed because our line folded like a cheap chair, and he still stood in there.

 

- He made numerous audibles throughout the game that beat the Chiefs defensive.

Allen played GREAT. 

No he didn’t.

 

Threw the ball to the Chiefs twice, dropped. Fumbled twice, we recovered. He was not running the tush push like he normally does. On one he literally goes backwards first. The final 4th down he makes the wrong protection call vs Spags blitz. On the same play misses Shakir wide open because of his wrong protection call.

 

Mistakes in critical moments. Mahomes rarely makes them. Almost have to be perfect vs KC in the playoffs.

Edited yesterday at 12:39 PM by Buffalo_Stampede

[NewEra]

11 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Do we though?

We were a play or two away from beating KC-  again-  of course we do. 

[zow2]

10 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Allen played great. No idea what you’re talking about.

 

He most definitely did not play great.  We are his biggest fans and can admit that.

[Einstein]

3 minutes ago, NewEra said:

We were a play or two away from beating KC-  again-  of course we do. 

Just like 2021. And 2022. And 2023.

This is what I mean. We are always a play or two away.

 

What gives you hope that we will make that play?

[dgrochester55]

The drought was worse. At least the regular season is more enjoyable to watch.

 

The problem is that even if the Bills had executed better, the Chiefs were not going to lose. The 3rd and 4th down that Buffalo should have gotten a quarter earlier was flat out robbery and changed the tone of the game. I am convinced that if the drive goes better and the Bills become a threat to win again, that the refs are stepping in with a timely flag anyway.

 

I am tired of it all. The game isn't what it was and flat out feels like sports entertainment sometimes. If the Bills were not competitive every year witha top 3 qb, I may not even be watching at this point.

Edited yesterday at 12:50 PM by dgrochester55

[NewEra]

Just now, Einstein said:

Just like 2021. And 2022. And 2023.

This is what I mean. We are always a play or two away.

 

What gives you hope that we will make that play?

What gives me hope?  Josh Allen.  
 

when he retires- I think we’ll have won one because he’s that good.  At that point I don’t need hope anymore, I’ll  have already completed end game. Everything else is bonus.