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

[Einstein]

9 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

No its not….not even close.  How can 17 years of nothing be better?

 

we are on year 60 something of nothing. 

 

The goal is to win the Super Bowl. Everything else is a failure. 

 

The goal is not to win the division. The goal is not to win up September game. The goal is not to have one good playoff win. The goal is to win the Super Bowl.

 

Every year that doesn’t happen, is a failure. So… how is it any different than the drought? Because we got closer?

Well, except we are no closer than we were 5 years ago when we played in the AFCCG.

 

9 minutes ago, Julio Hopkins said:

 

The throw that Kincaid dropped on the last drive was incredible too.  Allen did play great football yesterday.  On the other hand, the offensive line didn't play well and Brady had an overall poor game.  

 

yeah, outside of the 1st drive, Allen was awesome.

 

if Kincaid didn’t have hands of rock, then we would all be talking about that pass as one of the greatest throws in Josh Allen’s history.

 

21 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Allen didn’t play great. And he admitted the wrong protection call.

 

He’s not better than Mahomes. We can argue this all day if you want. To beat Mahomes you can’t make mistakes. 

 

no, I’m not going to argue all day with someone who has their head stuck in the sand and brings up things like passes on the first drive of the game that didn’t hurt us. Mahomes 1 turnover, Allen 0.

 

Go on believing what you want.

Edited Monday at 01:15 PM by Einstein

[Beast]

36 minutes ago, NewEra said:

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

I’ve said it on these boards in past seasons. People may think I’m crazy for saying this but I enjoy regular season football more than I do playoff football. No matter what, I know my team is playing next week unless it’s the last game of the regular season. I’m much more relaxed.

[Royale with Cheese]

1 minute ago, Einstein said:

 

we are on year 60 something of nothing. 

 

The goal is to win the Super Bowl. Everything else is a failure. 

 

The goal is not to win the division. The goal is not to win up September game. The goal is not to have one good playoff win. The goal is to win the Super Bowl.

 

Every year that doesn’t happen, is a failure. So… how is it any different than the drought? Because we got closer?

Well, except we are no closer than we were 5 years ago when we played in the AFCCG.

Yes and its obvious and almost everyone disagrees with your opinion.  

You are basically saying you would rather suck than be in contention.  I guess its better to be a Browns fan then.

[stlbills13]

It's not worse but it is totally gutting

[Buffalo_Stampede]

9 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

we are on year 60 something of nothing. 

 

The goal is to win the Super Bowl. Everything else is a failure. 

 

The goal is not to win the division. The goal is not to win up September game. The goal is not to have one good playoff win. The goal is to win the Super Bowl.

 

Every year that doesn’t happen, is a failure. So… how is it any different than the drought? Because we got closer?

Well, except we are no closer than we were 5 years ago when we played in the AFCCG.

 

 

yeah, outside of the 1st drive, Allen was awesome.

 

if Kincaid didn’t have hands of rock, then we would all be talking about that pass as one of the greatest throws in Josh Allen’s history.

 

 

no, I’m not going to argue all day with someone who has their head stuck in the sand and brings up things like passes on the first drive of the game that didn’t hurt us. Mahomes 1 turnover, Allen 0.

 

Go on believing what you want.

There’s a difference between playing great and playing good enough to win. Allen played good enough to win. He wasn’t great last night.

 

That was not one of Allen’s best performances in the playoffs.

Edited Monday at 01:21 PM by Buffalo_Stampede

[Einstein]

42 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Yes and its obvious and almost everyone disagrees with your opinion.  

 

7 disagrees and 5 agrees. That’s closer to even than “everyone”. Hmm… Either way though, who cares? Does majority mean one person is right?

 

42 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

You are basically saying you would rather suck than be in contention.  I guess it’s better to be a Browns fan then.

 

No, that’s not what i’m saying.

Im saying that being in contention the last 7 years has resulted in the same final result as being a Browns fan.

 

We are at home watching the Super Bowl and so are Browns fans.

 

 

Edited Monday at 02:02 PM by Einstein

[BillsPride12]

Ask a Jets fan which team they would rather have?

[oldmanfan]

4 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

7 disagrees and 5 agrees. That’s closer to even than “everyone”. Hmm…

 

 

No, that’s not what i’m saying.

Im saying that being in contention the last 7 years has resulted in the same final result as being a Browns fan.

 

We are at home watching the Super Bowl and so are Browns fansz

But we had a shot and the Browns didn't.  Don't know why that's not apparent to you.

[strive_for_five_guy]

30 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

I envy your ability to continue caring about the regular season.

Do you watch the games during the regular season?

[Royale with Cheese]

8 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

7 disagrees and 5 agrees. That’s closer to even than “everyone”. Hmm…

 

 

No, that’s not what i’m saying.

Im saying that being in contention the last 7 years has resulted in the same final result as being a Browns fan.

 

We are at home watching the Super Bowl and so are Browns fansz

 

 

It was 7-2 when I responded.

 

If you think the days of Trent Edwards, JP Losman and EJ Manuel are better, have at it.

 

[Bray Wyatt]

The post seems to be romanticizing the draught era. The draught era was atrocious. We had no hope, we have hope now. You may have lost your hope but not me.

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

I think if the  feeling is  we overachieved this season many will be content.

 

I don’t know, I’m fairly numb at this point. I get the opportunity is just to keep knocking at the door. But we do, and yet it just nevers happens. This was an amazing opportunity for this Franchise. 

 

The sad thing is, it will continue to feel like forever and heartbreak until it happens..and when that will happen seems to be anyone’s guess at this point.

 

 

 

 

[BillsPride12]

1 minute ago, Bray Wyatt said:

The post seems to be romanticizing the draught era. The draught era was atrocious. We had no hope, we have hope now. You may have lost your hope but not me.

Exactly.  That's like asking what was a worse time to be a Sabres fan...2005-2007 or the current Sabres

[Buffalo03]

I agree. Being a great team and in the playoffs with a chance every year is worse than winning 5 games a year and always being irrelevant and crappy. I completely agree. Let's go back to that. Screw what we have done the last 6 years

[ProcessTruster]

1 hour 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!?

ah the media/league driven "SB or you're a loser" viewership/ad revenue driving hype train has trapped you as well.  So, did you only watch the manufactured so-called college title game and ignore the rest of the season?   do you only watch the NBA and NHL playoffs final rounds?   they want you trapped in the all or nothing to max viewership of the max ad revenue games.  to your point no one watches wk 3 bills/phins, so they have to funnel max viewership (to max ad revenue) into a single elimination "win or go home" - labelled tournament.  

 

Hey, I went to ***** ole Bills / Titans this year with my family and it was magnificent.   That is a lasting memory, but all guys like you can think of now is they failed.   Poisoned by the "SB or bust" mantra created by the media/advertiser/league cabal.   Too bad.  

 

Have a crappy off season.  I thought the season was pretty cool

 

Cheers. 

[oldmanfan]

It hurts a lot more now when we get knocked out.  But it's still a helluva lot better than to not make the playoffs at all.

[Einstein]

10 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

The post seems to be romanticizing the draught era. The draught era was atrocious. We had no hope, we have hope now. You may have lost your hope but not me.

 

Only if you purposefully don’t read or understand it.

[cgang]

Totally understand what you are saying Einstein.  I recall a similar debate back in the day when the bills lost its last Super Bowl and after the Sabres lost the Stanley Cup and screwed the pooch the next few years in the playoffs.   At the time I thought the same way.    But then the drought happened (sabres drought still happening of course) and I think that pain was/is much worse than the familiar feeling I am having now (I’m feeling like a horse’s a@@ for believing that we were gonna win).  

[Trust The Process]

That last play call by Spags is a gamble but the play call design was a thing of beauty. I don’t understand why teams don’t hire Spags as head coach? His defenses is constantly one of the best in the NFL, makes game saving play calls on critical plays, and also has multiple Super Bowl rings on his resume. What more can a franchise ask for? What more does Spags needs to do to in order to get hired as Head coach? Should the KC Refs lose Spags it would be a HUUUUGE LOSS for them. Somebody needs to hire this man. 

Edited Monday at 02:02 PM by Trust The Process

[Einstein]

2 minutes ago, cgang said:

Totally understand what you are saying Einstein

 

Thanks for taking the time to actually read what I wrote and not jump to conclusions like some others. I appreciate it.