Goddammit, I'm sick of excuses

[Alphadawg7]

20 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

my favorite post of the offseason…nice work 

[nedboy7]

3 hours ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

Next time Bills lose to Chiefs in the playoffs

 

Bills fans

Don’t you mean next 1st Q FG by opposing team. 

[Billzgobowlin]

It would have been interesting to see what the Bills could do against the Eagles.  I personally think they would have been better than the Chiefs.  Honestly I think some of the Chiefs issues the Bills have are mental.  I think if they can figure out the defense the offseason especially on the d line they will be pulling down the Lombardi next year

[90sBills]

16 minutes ago, Billzgobowlin said:

It would have been interesting to see what the Bills could do against the Eagles.  I personally think they would have been better than the Chiefs.  Honestly I think some of the Chiefs issues the Bills have are mental.  I think if they can figure out the defense the offseason especially on the d line they will be pulling down the Lombardi next year

We’re always better in games that we didn’t qualified to play in.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

22 hours ago, Hermes said:

Year after year, fans of this team are subjected to, the consistent rhetoric, that this year's iteration was 'good enough' save for a few calls here or there.

 

Too bad, so sad; they weren't! 

 

The Eagles absolutely throttled the team that spanked the Bills in the AFCCG. No one here, can tell me, that the Bills had an honest to god chance against the Eagles. That team was primed for a run to the superbowl regardless of anything that stood before them..

 

It wasn't just Barkley, or Hurts, or Brown, or Sweat, or Braun or anyone else. It was all of these guys punching above their weight. Collectively that team wanted it more than anyone else. That'd what makes the difference. Every single player giving the absolute max they can, to get the job done. 

 

What do the Bills have?

 

The Bills have Allen and that's about it. He's been great, but when hes the only one thats not enough to seal the deal.  Whether it's the players around him, the coaches calling the plays, or mistakes he's made himself. There have been multiple opportunities to lead the team to greatness and they've all failed at that. Its the only thing holding this team back, it's not just Allen, or the weapons, or the defense, or the coaches, it's all of them. 

 

But at the end of the day..

 

It doesn't matter who does what.

 

What matters is team success (i.e. winning a superbowl). And that means players being selfless and giving everything they've got. It means coaches pulling plays out of their asses to stop a crucial 4th down. IT MEANS BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

 

How many times have we all seen the Bills get 'close enough' only to fall flat on their face?  The fact of the matter is.... that it's too many...

 

I, for one, am ready for the Bills to step up and win one for themselves and for the fans. It's time to stop being a team of wussies and being a team of men who get ***** done.

 

Let's go Buffalo!

Didn’t know a 3 point loss with some VERY questionable calls was getting “spanked.”

[njbuff]

In what world did the Bills get SPANKED in the AFCCG?

 

They lost, but they should have won. But make no mistake, this was another loss on the Bills failings, I’ll grant you that.

[NoHuddleKelly12]

😘

[HOUSE]

But Josh had a sore wrist

 

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

4 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

But Josh had a sore wrist

 

McDermott had his team prepared 

[Hermes]

34 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Didn’t know a 3 point loss with some VERY questionable calls was getting “spanked.”

They got spanked in the same way a child gets spanked by their father. They didn't get beat down, they were put in their place by the same team that's repeatedly done it to them.

[3rdand12]

14 minutes ago, Hermes said:

They got spanked in the same way a child gets spanked by their father. They didn't get beat down, they were put in their place by the same team that's repeatedly done it to them.

This helps me understand where you are coming from

 

 Hopefully Bills do better this season. Quite a few coaching upgrades (yes)

and we still have hope for the Draft and FA.

They ALL need to take the next step up this year. Agreed !

[DrPJax]

On 2/27/2025 at 8:44 PM, Hermes said:

Year after year, fans of this team are subjected to, the consistent rhetoric, that this year's iteration was 'good enough' save for a few calls here or there.

 

Too bad, so sad; they weren't! 

 

The Eagles absolutely throttled the team that spanked the Bills in the AFCCG. No one here, can tell me, that the Bills had an honest to god chance against the Eagles. That team was primed for a run to the superbowl regardless of anything that stood before them..

 

It wasn't just Barkley, or Hurts, or Brown, or Sweat, or Braun or anyone else. It was all of these guys punching above their weight. Collectively that team wanted it more than anyone else. That'd what makes the difference. Every single player giving the absolute max they can, to get the job done. 

 

What do the Bills have?

 

The Bills have Allen and that's about it. He's been great, but when hes the only one thats not enough to seal the deal.  Whether it's the players around him, the coaches calling the plays, or mistakes he's made himself. There have been multiple opportunities to lead the team to greatness and they've all failed at that. Its the only thing holding this team back, it's not just Allen, or the weapons, or the defense, or the coaches, it's all of them. 

 

But at the end of the day..

 

It doesn't matter who does what.

 

What matters is team success (i.e. winning a superbowl). And that means players being selfless and giving everything they've got. It means coaches pulling plays out of their asses to stop a crucial 4th down. IT MEANS BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

 

How many times have we all seen the Bills get 'close enough' only to fall flat on their face?  The fact of the matter is.... that it's too many...

 

I, for one, am ready for the Bills to step up and win one for themselves and for the fans. It's time to stop being a team of wussies and being a team of men who get ***** done.

 

Let's go Buffalo!

    I feel your frustration having been a fan since 1963 ( I’m 67 now) , and went to SB 27/28  , and had my office filled with Bills memorabilia from those superbowls. I can’t remember the last time I missed watching a game using a large dish , to direct tv, and now YouTube.  Unfortunately my heath has really taken a severe downturn ,and I have to say losing to KC this year hurt as much or more than even those SB losses because I’m not sure I’ll be around to watch more , and I really wanted to see them win one as they are my fav sports franchise in all of sports.  It just felt like they were playing SB quality football with some great games this year , then they got exposed by KC again as both the offense and mcds d ( which has been his baby, his side to manage before finally turning over to Babich who just ran pretty much the same d) .   The everybody eats o with a lack of speed or deep threats , was mostly carried by cook and the run game , but it was becoming predictable in the playoffs once again.  How many tush pushes can you dive to the left side in the playoffs before a good dc like spags stops it?  The o struggled to sustain drives and it showed with TOP. This was another coaching failure across the board of the bills staff and eventually the SPECIAL TEAMS coach was this years sacrificial lamb and fired rightly so, just another wasted season to late. 
 

    This is the hallmark of Mcd and Beane for 8 years , always making speeches promising to fix it next year , not innovating like KC or Philly. I can’t agree tho about wanting it more , being selfless , giving it all , or playing harder etc.  THESE are PRO athletes , they only got to this level by extreme self motivation .  This was another prime example of a lack of competitive talent across large parts of the roster. Thank god we didn’t play Philly, they would have put 40 up by halftime on this statistically , visibly bad defense.  Same old Mcd process.  Try to outscore the opponent , but as Pat Kirwin said this Tuesday on Sirius, you won’t win just trying to outscore teams in the playoffs , you HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD DEFENSE , and time and time again, it’s teams with a standout  D who usually win.  
 

      So you will likely hear from Beane , Mcd, their interviews at the combine  , the draft , etc , is the same crap they pitch each season. We are so close , just need a few plays back or to go our way. Same thinking , same denial that this d scheme has almost always been the weakest link , same lack of urgency to provide Josh with quality receivers ( outside of 3 years of the diggs as 4 th year was horrific).    We have one consistent wr with shakir, avg tight ends, a 2 nd round wr who found out he can’t bully, separate , or out jump NFL dbs as he did at FSU and he looked afraid out there after Poyer nailed him. He just flailed his arms on routes / jump balls hoping to draw a flag and obviously it was so bad Mcd even personally called him out. Thats pretty unusual so it confirms just how disappointing his play was.
 

     The d has huge talent deficits at dl, dt, cb, and safety.  Fans can argue all they want, berate me , etc.  I don’t care , this is the perception of people , experts , paid to analyze the sport and the analysis coming out of Indy alomg reporters row.  The two things saving this franchise are 1) JOSH , of course.  A true probable HOF qb , and may be the most gifted man to ever play the qb position .  2)  we are lucky to be in probably the worst division in football and really pretty much have 6 easy wins to start the season. .  Time is rapidly ticking on these two things. 
 

          It’s probably good we didn’t get to the SB, as it would have likely been our 5 th loss. The talent gap was obvious along both lines. They got what , 6 sacks rushing 4 ( their coach said this was the key for their win) while we couldn’t touch Mahomes. Their WRs would have chewed our dbs / safties alive as we couldn’t touch QBs with Von, epenesa, grunt , all disappearing ( certainly no great impact seen ) in the playoffs.  My point is, it’s not about desire or wanting it more or being unselfish imo.
         It’s 8   years , 7 with an absolute unicorn at qb who even had a mvp season , and this staff / gm have not even sniffed a SB , let alone win one. I like watching them because of Josh , and they have a team vibe that’s easy to like , and I’ve always followed them   My expectations tho have changed as I see no evidence Beane can build a physically dominate,  talented d line , nor can he surround Josh with enough talent to allow Josh to fully use his skills. They always do things like ask him to not run as much and they have never provided him with more than one good wr or any consistent deep threat.  They depend on Allen , yet they are wasting opportunities and years. It’s not desire , it’s been lack of talent and usually being outcoached in the playoffs. I still think they haven’t won a road playoff game , not really legit SB credentials. They lack talent and their margin of error is usually very slim. 
 

     I really appreciate your passion, and agree , but for diff reasons. I don’t care what happens in the draft etc, it’s meaningless until this staff proves they can innovate and adapt , and they can quit drafting rather poorly in key early rounds. Just like speed , you can’t teach talent , you refine it. Lots of early misses , and FA acquisitions have been so/so as miller , Diggs, prior dts like settle , edwards at safety , a cb quitting at half time , all just lead to more issues. I like Mcd / Beane as communicators , good men , but after getting the best qb in football, they look like they are stagnant. . I can’t expect much from them until they quit blundering talent acquisition around a generational qb, and Mcd proves he won’t always be outcoached when it really counts, when it’s win or go home.  Great team to watch , just hard to really believe they will get a Lombardi with this process. Funny , other franchises have proven quick roster fixes are possible ; why doesn’t it ever happen in Buffalo ? 
 

[Ya Digg?]

3 hours ago, Hermes said:

They got spanked in the same way a child gets spanked by their father. They didn't get beat down, they were put in their place by the same team that's repeatedly done it to them.

So you’re telling me this whole thread was started because of the trauma of your childhood past? I feel like there are people you could talk to about this 

[Beck Water]

Ask your doctor if a prescription for Zofran is right for you

On 2/27/2025 at 9:25 PM, Greg S said:

Allen is elite but the rest of the team is good not great. Beane needs to have a strong offseason and give Allen some impact players both on offense and defense to help him. Even if they had gotten by the Chiefs, I don't think they would have beaten the Eagles.

 

This is basically it.  I'm trying to think what talking head it was - maybe Emmanuel Acho? said that winning teams need to have about 3 "Freakazoids" each on offense and defense - impact players who can take over and turn the game.  

 

The Bills have Josh Allen, who is a Super Freakazoid.  Then they have some quality NFL players on both sides of the ball.  But as far as Freakazoids, Nah.

We need more.

[bmur66]

Simple. The Bills are built to be competitive year after year while hoping to catch lightning in a bottle at some point. They will not go all in at a chance to win a Superbowl if it involves mortgaging the future. Beane has said this exact thing. So here we are.

[Rocbillsfan1]

Thanks for the laugh it’s definitely because they are wussies 

[BuffalOhio]

On 2/27/2025 at 9:18 PM, Hermes said:

 

Tell me who one the Bills has performed at or above their given contract during the playoffs. 

Mack Hollins

[Einstein]

8 hours ago, bmur66 said:

Simple. The Bills are built to be competitive year after year while hoping to catch lightning in a bottle at some point. They will not go all in at a chance to win a Superbowl if it involves mortgaging the future. Beane has said this exact thing. So here we are.

 

Sigh.

 

Yep.

[Bills aPHILLYate]

For those that complain about Beane so much and look at say a Howie Roseman as the blueprint are as contradictory as they come.

They would've treated him the exact same way and wanted to run him out of town (he was largely hated in Philly for years).

I'd argue that he has been worse than Beane with first round picks (drafting in general) during his comparative tenure(2017-now) and has had the luxury of not having to build up a team while in direct competition with 2 dynasties; as bigger contributions to how he is viewed. 

 

He also lucked into 3 top 15 picks (2 in the top 10) over the last 5 seasons as a playoff team or even winning their division.

You give that to Beane and he'd be looked at as the top GM in the game too.

 

Feel free to go look it up. Also look at his draft history from 2010 and on. 

 

This board would've shut down if Beane used a first round pick on a firefighter for an offensive lineman in his 2nd year. He has maybe 6 or 7 worthwhile 1st rounders to his credit since 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SoTier]

22 hours ago, bmur66 said:

Simple. The Bills are built to be competitive year after year while hoping to catch lightning in a bottle at some point. They will not go all in at a chance to win a Superbowl if it involves mortgaging the future. Beane has said this exact thing. So here we are.

 

Every team needs "to catch lightning in a bottle at some point" in order to win a SB, but if the team isn't competitive, it doesn't get the chance to even be out in the storm.  It's like the lottery ads, "ya gotta be in it to win it".

 

In 2021, the Bengals lost in the SB after making the playoffs with a 10-7 record.  In 2022, they won 12 games and looked like juggernauts ... and lost to the Chiefs by a FG in the AFCCG.  They haven't been back to the playoffs since.

 

The 2022 SB loser, the Eagles got bounced in the wild card round of the 2023 playoffs.  In 2024, the Chiefs won 15 games and seemed like a shoo-in to win the Super Bowl again.  Well, the Eagles were the team that "caught lightning in a bottle" and ended the Chiefs' dream of a three-peat.