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

[Blazman11]

2 hours ago, Einstein said:

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

 

 

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.

 

 

I’m with you man.  Excellent points.  Just one time I want a guy on our team to make the play when it matters.  That throw Allen made was incredible and would be replayed on Sportscenter loop for the end of time if Kincaid catches that and we win.  

 

This was the Bills best opportunity to win the SB.  Chiefs are not that good.  They just don’t make critical mistakes and have a counter for what you want to do, both offensively and defensively.  We won the division by Halloween basically.  Burrow was not in the mix.  For once McDermott didn’t make any huge game day gaffs.  This team became the best team I’ve seen in Bills history since 1990.  Outside of Allen there weren’t any big names but Allen transformed himself to more of a distributor and the guys came together to form a great team.  

 

None of it mattered.  It’s another failure in a long line of failures.   

[JohnNord]

3 hours 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!?

You do realize it’s just a game right?  

[C.Biscuit97]

4 hours 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!?

This is the most insane thing I have ever read. Congrats. 

[NewEra]

3 hours ago, Beast said:

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.

Agreed.  

1 hour ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

Lol, it's not going to come. I don't quite grasp how Buffalo fans still have hope.

You’re about as clueless as they come my fellow guido.  No one knows what the future holds- but when you have the best player in the world, you have hope. 
 

If you don’t have hope- you may as well find something to replace the Bills in your life. 

[Sweats]

4 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

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. 

 

 

 

 

Yep, if the year was 2035

[oldmanfan]

1 minute ago, Sweats said:

 

 

 

 

Yep, if the year was 2035

We’ll be right in the thick of it again next year. Got to keep banging on the door till it opens.

[GerstAusGosheim]

0-4 Bills. Sean’s made us a laughing stock again.

[appoo]

Just no man

[LABILLBACKER]

4 hours ago, Beast said:

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.

Wow, this current generation of fans are really setting the bar high. Maybe the NFL will create a regular season award.  We'll call it the Shotty!  We can win that every year while Patrick & Andy smirk at us.

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

We’ll be right in the thick of it again next year. Got to keep banging on the door till it opens.

[strive_for_five_guy]

Is this you, @Einstein ?

 

 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

15 hours 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!?

Go be a Jets fan then if you like droughts so much. 

[nedboy7]

Not for me.  I don’t hate the team cause they din’t win it all.  I don’t melt down during 1st quarter cause the other team scored.  I don’t freak out cause we’re not undefeated. So I’d much rather watch an exciting season with tons of meaningful games and playoff wins.  If you’re not enjoying these seasons then you shouldn’t watch football.  Just my opinion.  I also don’t start nonsense threads. Again just my opinion. 

Edited Tuesday at 03:40 AM by nedboy7

[Kelly to Allen]

We can lie to ourselves but turning into an extended version of this eras Warren Moon oilers is truly gut wrenching and tough to swallow. 

 

Sunday night was a moment of clarity for me as a fan of this great team. They're never winning a championship with this regime and that's just where I'm at. 

 

I tried to be super positive but I'm sorry it's just true. And the roster is very middle class of the NFL with zero blue chip players around Allen. 

 

There's not even a Cornelius Bennett or Nate odomes and that's on Beane. It's kinda disgusting that entering year 8 Allen has no real stars around him. The oline was finally upper echelon but it took 6-7 years

 

So yeah that's where I am 

Edited Tuesday at 03:44 AM by Kelly to Allen

[Augie]

 

In some ways, I wish DC Tom was still around. 

[Comebackkid]

14 hours ago, Einstein said:

 

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

why watch football then?   its seems u have an agenda based fandom and u really dont care about the actual game of football....just

go watch some daytime soaps and eat doritos and if the bills make it to the superbowl u can turn the game on.   or..maybe go find a team thats 

going to the superbowl and hope they win.  

[transplantbillsfan]

Please stop. No it's not. Don't ever wish that miserable drought back.

 

Josh just finished his 5th year as an actual Elite QB and he's made the division round 3 times and the Championship round twice. He'll still be in his 20s next season and in his prime.

 

This sucks. I'm miserable. We're all miserable. We need to accept that Josh won't catch up to Mahomes. But his career isn't even halfway over.

 

If the Eagles also lose to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl AGAIN do you think they'll feel any better?

 

This is the fun and pain of a single elimination Sport. 

 

Sorry but I don't miss the days when our season was over by Halloween.

[Thrivefourfive]

Yes. The drought and for the old guys, the 70s and 80s, had a lot of Bills football comedy. You’d watch just to laugh at it. Nobody in their right mind gets fired up and all heartbroken over a 2-12 team 🤣🤣 So emotionally, this is worse, immediately. Long run though, @Einstein you crazy. The drought was bleak my friend. Like a “we are never going to have a coach or a quarterback ever ever again.” Double time. That’s bad. 

[Kelly to Allen]

7 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Please stop. No it's not. Don't ever wish that miserable drought back.

 

Josh just finished his 5th year as an actual Elite QB and he's made the division round 3 times and the Championship round twice. He'll still be in his 20s next season and in his prime.

 

This sucks. I'm miserable. We're all miserable. We need to accept that Josh won't catch up to Mahomes. But his career isn't even halfway over.

 

If the Eagles also lose to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl AGAIN do you think they'll feel any better?

 

This is the fun and pain of a single elimination Sport. 

 

Sorry but I don't miss the days when our season was over by Halloween.

 

Josh Allen is a tragic hero right now dude. 

 

The buffalo bills are film noir and it's going to get worse with Beane and McDermott. They're forever defined by 13 seconds and it's just time to move on. 

 

Everyone doubting that is just a cope 

 

We've all seen this story. It's going to get worse and id rather make the changes now while Allen enters his prime 

Edited Tuesday at 04:03 AM by Kelly to Allen

[Kelly to Allen]

11 minutes ago, Thrivefourfive said:

Yes. The drought and for the old guys, the 70s and 80s, had a lot of Bills football comedy. You’d watch just to laugh at it. Nobody in their right mind gets fired up and all heartbroken over a 2-12 team 🤣🤣 So emotionally, this is worse, immediately. Long run though, @Einstein you crazy. The drought was bleak my friend. Like a “we are never going to have a coach or a quarterback ever ever again.” Double time. That’s bad. 

 

Yeah but the drought is kinda like when you were younger and working at Wendy's. All the little things were more enjoyable. 

 

But being a contender with a real Hof QB and not breaking through is honestly like experiencing tragedy and real life as you get older and understanding the real world....

 

We're going to look back on this era and it's going to be very painful and lots of what ifs....

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 04:09 AM by Kelly to Allen