I thought this was interesting…Bills 8th best (in AFC) winning percentage last 50 years.

[SoCal Deek]

5 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Thanks for posting.  I hadn't realized that the Bills had finally, finally, finally broken .500.  

Just imagine where they’d be if they hadn’t sat the starters for this year’s finale against the Patriots. 😂

[K-9]

19 hours ago, FireChans said:

Man, this is so revisionist.

 

Chuck took over a 2-11-1 team.

 

Drafted Joe Greene (DROY/HOF) and Greenwood.

 

They then went 1-13.

 

Drafted Bradshaw (HoF) and Mel Blount (HoF).

 

Then they went 5-9. Drafted another HoF player in Jack Ham.

Then they went 6-8. Finally drafted Franco Harris (HoF).

 

The table was set for most coaches to do very well with that influx. 
 

NFL coaches have this weird mythical power when it comes to talking about their ability. The reality is that there are a lot of solid/good coaches and a lot of bad coaches. And that difference is very narrow.

“Build culture and legacy” by drafting a bunch of HoF players all the time.

 

We see this play out time and again.

 

Bill Belichick was mediocre without his HoF QB. His culture in New England is in shambles because they don’t have enough good players. How could that happen, with the most buttoned up coach with a strong culture in recent NFL history?

 

Oh, it’s because all of that is fairy dust nonsense.

 

Maybe Chan Gailey wins 4 Superbowls if he drafted Tom Brady. Does it make him a great coach or does it mean that coaches aren’t that freaking important?

 

For the truly inept, unprofessional, unserious organizations, sure you’d like a culture setter instead of a buffoon. But that’s about it.

The Steelers sure did make it routine to draft future HOFers. They got four HOFers in their ‘74 draft alone! Unbelievable. 

[Mrbojanglezs]

And nothing to show for it 

[Big Turk]

That stretch of greatness in the late 80s-early 90s as well as subsequent years of good play helped as have the even greater play the last 5 years...

[FireChans]

2 hours ago, K-9 said:

The Steelers sure did make it routine to draft future HOFers. They got four HOFers in their ‘74 draft alone! Unbelievable. 

The surefire way to be very competitive and compete for Super Bowls is to continually draft dominant all pro and HoF level players.

 

The Seahawks went from an average to mediocre team and over the course of 2-3 drafts acquired the core group of that SB team. 

They never drafted that well again and they slipped right back into who they were before.

 

Even Belichick, the greatest defensive coach ever, had multiple years with a BAD defense because they didn’t have the horses.

 

Jimmies and Joes matter so much more than folks give them credit. It’s an actual crime that I don’t know who was in charge of the FO in those Steelers days when everyone knows Chuck.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, Mrbojanglezs said:

And nothing to show for it 

 

So let's just quit.

[Jrb1979]

9 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

So let's just quit.

Don't need to quit. IMO at some point you need to mortgage the future to get a chance to win now. 

[PromoTheRobot]

11 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

Don't need to quit. IMO at some point you need to mortgage the future to get a chance to win now. 

 

That isn't a plan. That's a suicide pact.

[Jrb1979]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

That isn't a plan. That's a suicide pact.

The Rams did it and won, The Bucs did and won and the Eagles just did it and won. Those are all recent winners. 

[PromoTheRobot]

3 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

The Rams did it and won, The Bucs did and won and the Eagles just did it and won. Those are all recent winners. 

 

We traded for Diggs and signed Von Miller. It didn't work, did it.

 

Also what you call going "all in" wasn't really in some of the cases you cited.

[K-9]

1 hour ago, FireChans said:

The surefire way to be very competitive and compete for Super Bowls is to continually draft dominant all pro and HoF level players.

 

The Seahawks went from an average to mediocre team and over the course of 2-3 drafts acquired the core group of that SB team. 

They never drafted that well again and they slipped right back into who they were before.

 

Even Belichick, the greatest defensive coach ever, had multiple years with a BAD defense because they didn’t have the horses.

 

Jimmies and Joes matter so much more than folks give them credit. It’s an actual crime that I don’t know who was in charge of the FO in those Steelers days when everyone knows Chuck.

The Jimmies and Joes indeed. It’s always been a player’s league and it always will be. 

[Jrb1979]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

We traded for Diggs and signed Von Miller. It didn't work, did it.

 

Also what you call going "all in" wasn't really in some of the cases you cited.

That's one time and they were 13 seconds away.  The Eagles had a bunch of void years added on to contracts win now and the Rams traded a bunch of picks to win their Super Bowl. 

 

Both teams mortgaged their future to win now.  I would rather win a Super Bowl, then be in the mix each year and never win one. 

[PromoTheRobot]

3 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

 

Both teams mortgaged their future to win now.  I would rather win a Super Bowl, then be in the mix each year and never win one. 

 

People say that but never mean it. As soon as you win one, losing will still suck.

[Mr. WEO]

4 minutes ago, Jrb1979 said:

That's one time and they were 13 seconds away.  The Eagles had a bunch of void years added on to contracts win now and the Rams traded a bunch of picks to win their Super Bowl. 

 

Both teams mortgaged their future to win now.  I would rather win a Super Bowl, then be in the mix each year and never win one. 

 

Eagles have been to 3 SB past 8 seasons and won 2 of them.

 

I'd rather win 2 of 3 SBs in 8 years than win the AFCE every year....

[FireChans]

4 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

Eagles have been to 3 SB past 8 seasons and won 2 of them.

 

I'd rather win 2 of 3 SBs in 8 years than win the AFCE every year....

@PromoTheRobot won’t be able to buy the annual “Beast in the East” T shirts though. And that affects the Pegula’s bottom line. Maybe the team ends up in Toronto then. Think of the downsides!

[Mr. WEO]

32 minutes ago, FireChans said:

@PromoTheRobot won’t be able to buy the annual “Beast in the East” T shirts though. And that affects the Pegula’s bottom line. Maybe the team ends up in Toronto then. Think of the downsides!

[2020 Our Year For Sure]

41 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

People say that but never mean it. As soon as you win one, losing will still suck.

Just win one!

Cross the other bridge when you come to it.

[frostbitmic]

Thank you Josh for getting this team above .500 ... Beane and McDermott too.

[Matt_In_NH]

The Brows are truly a factory of sadness

[freddyjj]

On 2/20/2025 at 7:12 PM, The 9 Isles said:

1 game above .500 

 

 

1.  @The 9 IslesWould hope the OP would correct the erroneous claim ion the title of this thread.  Bills are 14th in the league in this scenario, not 8th as the AFC is on the left and NFC on the right.  

2. This only shows 1975 through thi past season.  Since their inception, the Bills are 20th in all time winning percentage at .490.  Of the original AFL teams , only the Jets and Oilers/Titans have a worse all time winning percentage.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_all-time_NFL_win–loss_records

3. The cancellation of the CIN / BUF game when Damar Hamlin was resuscitated is why the Bills have only 999 games played while the other 7 original AFL franchises (Pats, Jets, Chiefs, Raiders, Broncos, Oilers/Titans, Chargers) all have played 1000 games.

4.  Bills 1st game in 2025 season will be their 1000th regular season game!