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

[Mat68]

I mean lack of caring is an easy cope.  I think as a fan base each person dealt with the season ending at different points.  Now it is a waterfall at once.  Manning and the Colts went through it.  Elway went through it.  Farve went through it.  I believe Allen is one of those players.  At some point he carries the team to a Championship.  Poetically, it happens next season at the end of High Mark/ Rich Stadium and open up the new High Mark as champions.  You cant throw away a season full of great football and experiences because a fews days of getting over a loss.  

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

17 minutes ago, BILLS 4 EVER said:

I can't even get mad knowing that the fix was in. We have to be so much better to beat the Chiefs and the Refs on the road. I'm super disappointed but after seeing all the blown calls over and over again, I just lose all respect for the integrity of the game and the NFL.

I don’t believe those calls would’ve changed at all at home to be honest with you lol 

[GerstAusGosheim]

3 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

0-4 in super bowls 

 

0-4 against the chiefs

 

Yep, Sean made us a laughing stock again. 

[nuklz2594]

what?!! choke yourself

[DrBob806]

14 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

The objective every year is to win the SB and I will express my opinions about how to get there..........but the journey is the actual reward or you are doing it wrong.   If they never win one, so be it.   The SB rings are for the players,  the trophies are for the owner.  The fans get no hardware we get the entertainment and you can have most of that even if they don't win the SB.      

I wish Steelers fans could read this. The most annoying fan base on Earth thinks they own the trophies.

Edited 23 hours ago by DrBob806

[BADOLBILZ]

8 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

I wish Steelers fans could read this. The most annoying fan base on Earth thinks they own the trophies.

 

What Bills fans have is truly unique in the NFL.   When the Bills do finally win a SB........and I do think it will happen with Josh Allen.......it will come at some expense to our own character as a fan base.    That's the trade-off and it's pretty much impossible to avoid it.   Bandwagoners and self esteem seekers glom onto championships and they are the lowest form of fandom and dilute your fan base.

 

[Rocky Landing]

40 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

What Bills fans have is truly unique in the NFL.   When the Bills do finally win a SB........and I do think it will happen with Josh Allen.......it will come at some expense to our own character as a fan base.    That's the trade-off and it's pretty much impossible to avoid it.   Bandwagoners and self esteem seekers glom onto championships and they are the lowest form of fandom and dilute your fan base.

 

It has already started.

[eball]

Good lord.  We are a dropped pass away from being inside the 20 with a chance to score a TD and win the game -- with THIS defense -- and this is what you come away with?

 

Massive defensive overhaul next season, get somebody with speed at WR, and we're right back there.

 

The only defensive players I don't part with are Rousseau, Oliver, Epenesa (I guess), Milano, Bernard, Bishop, and Benford.  Everyone else is fair game.

 

Worse than the drought?  You're smoking some good s-h-i-t.

 

[without a drought]

Just follow the Sabres if you like drought times. 

 

I mean it's better than when they were in the finals and conference finals.

[Dr.Mantis_Toboggan]

Jim Kelly was drafted in 83… didn’t make their first Super Bowl until 91. 
 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Dr.Mantis_Toboggan

[Aussie Joe]

6 minutes ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said:

Jim Kelly was drafted in 83… didn’t make their first Super Bowl until 91. 
 

 

Wasn’t he playing in the USFL ? 

[Rocky Landing]

1 hour ago, eball said:

Good lord.  We are a dropped pass away from being inside the 20 with a chance to score a TD and win the game -- with THIS defense -- and this is what you come away with?

 

Massive defensive overhaul next season, get somebody with speed at WR, and we're right back there.

 

The only defensive players I don't part with are Rousseau, Oliver, Epenesa (I guess), Milano, Bernard, Bishop, and Benford.  Everyone else is fair game.

 

Worse than the drought?  You're smoking some good s-h-i-t.

 

Or maybe some really bad s-h-I-t?

 

I don’t smoke very often, but when I do, it has to be pure Sativa. Any hint of Indica, and I turn into a depressed, paranoid, miserable mess — kinda like the OP here…

[K-9]

What’s worse? Lemme see, 17 years of no playoffs and ZERO chance vs. six consecutive years of playoff births and at least a chance? Is this really a question? Maybe we need to appreciate the journey more and enjoy it for what it is.

[DrBob806]

3 minutes ago, K-9 said:

What’s worse? Lemme see, 17 years of no playoffs and ZERO chance vs. six consecutive years of playoff births and at least a chance? Is this really a question? Maybe we need to appreciate the journey more and enjoy it for what it is.

Yeah, I don't get it either.

 

Ask a Browns, Raiders, Jets, or Jaguars fan how it's going. Hint: not well

[Goin Breakdown]

On 1/27/2025 at 7:26 AM, Einstein said:

 

Do we though?

I was going to say the same thing. I know we can't know that for sure,but.....we kinda do

[K-9]

1 hour ago, DrBob806 said:

Yeah, I don't get it either.

 

Ask a Browns, Raiders, Jets, or Jaguars fan how it's going. Hint: not well

Well, according to the OP, they at least have hope, whereas six consecutive playoff appearances means we don’t I guess. 

[The Frankish Reich]

No, no, no, no, no!

The drought years had some fun moments (most of them from hilariously bad football). But usually I was essentially done watching the Bills by Thanksgiving. They weren't really competitive, and the football was often ... boring.

The last half dozen years have brought a lot of joy and entertainment value.

My self-worth doesn't depend on my football team making or winning a Super Bowl. Following the Bills was something I was born into, but continuing to follow the Bills is something I do with more joy now that we are consistently in the mix.

Thanks, Bills ownership, management, players, and fellow fans for another great season. Now let's get 'em next year.

[BADOLBILZ]

3 hours ago, Rocky Landing said:

It has already started.

 

 

It has for sure.   In 2017 I was definitely put out by all the people jumping onboard out of nowhere, feigning heart attacks on social media etc..  People who had been on a Bills-free vacation for 15 years or so and then acted like they had been suffering week-in and week out for 17 years.  Like where did all these f#ckers come from?  But at least some of them are getting a taste of the medicine and earning some stripes with each failed playoff run. 

 

The objective of the game is to win one........but when they do win that SB things will never quite look or feel the same.   The good fight will no longer be as noble.   Some people think it will be like replacing nothing with something but there is always a cost.  I expect some post partum confusion on TSW.   It will be like our annual "is the game not fun anymore" posts from the dude's who don't realize their testosterone level just dropped. 

[Rocky Landing]

1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

It has for sure.   In 2017 I was definitely put out by all the people jumping onboard out of nowhere, feigning heart attacks on social media etc..  People who had been on a Bills-free vacation for 15 years or so and then acted like they had been suffering week-in and week out for 17 years.  Like where did all these f#ckers come from?  But at least some of them are getting a taste of the medicine and earning some stripes with each failed playoff run. 

 

The objective of the game is to win one........but when they do win that SB things will never quite look or feel the same.   The good fight will no longer be as noble.   Some people think it will be like replacing nothing with something but there is always a cost.  I expect some post partum confusion on TSW.   It will be like our annual "is the game not fun anymore" posts from the dude's who don't realize their testosterone level just dropped. 

I've been watching this scenario oddly taking place on high-speed here in LA (where I've lived since '91). When the Rams first moved back here, I went to the first Bills game they hosted in 2016, and sat in the third row, at the 20yl for a couple hundred bucks a ticket. There were plenty of empty seats, and it sounded like a Bills home game. There really weren't any Rams fans to speak of, in the way we define fandom in Western NY. Just some folks going to a football game and rootin' for their team. It had more in common with Medieval Times dinner theatre and they were sat in the Blue and Gold section, so that's who they cheered for. But in '22, when they won their Super Bowl, you would have thought these "Rams fans" had been bleeding blue and gold their whole lives. Since then? Rams fans have been peeling away like old paint in the sun.

[billsfan89]

This is BS, the drought was the most unfun time to be a fan of this team. The team was utterly hopeless in the drought years, getting to the playoffs seemed a lot farther off than this current team winning a Super Bowl.