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The thread pattern, here and countless other places. Fan A: stands up for a player, or coach, or team Fan B: places blame and vitriol Sniping ensues. Love this place after a loss. Any loss.

Should we be so lucky.

Poll. Just Give me a thumbs up if... You did an eyeroll everytime Josh went with the long ball today when a checkdown receiver was wide open. We were watching on Spectrum DVR and found an egregious example of this where Cole Beasley was running around frantically wide-open on the 1st down line--and of course Josh unsuccessfully threw the bomb to the end zone.

Bills fans = fantastically loyal and have a huge blind spot regarding their previous stars. Remember how well the second hiring of Marv Levy went?

Yes. More posts (in the right places) = good Starting threads when similar ones exist is frowned upon. There are plenty of threads to bash McD and Beane right now.

Way to go with your 6th post. Please note: the Post Game thread would have been the more appropriate place to vent this pablum.

I can empathize with why you feel that way, and I guess unwarranted sky high preseason expectations only amplify your pain. For me, it's different. The pain tonight is not much different from the pain I felt when the Bills ended the season 8-8 and just missed the playoffs by one more victory (story of the drought). Dashed dreams when you were so close just suck. I suspect the pain felt by Jacksonville and Giants fans is about the same we're experiencing. I imagine Jets and Pats are in just as much pain for just missing the playoffs by an iota. And I know Dolphins fans are mourning their loss to the Bills. Losing is like "wind chill forecasts" ..it doesn't matter the magnitude, it just sucks no matter which way you experience it. My thesis anyway.

Bitter. It doesn't matter how you end the season. If you don't end the season hoisting the Lombardi trophy, it's bitter no matter which way you end it. PS: I hope you didn't think the Bills were a Superbowl contender the way they played ending the season.

It's time for the annual end-of-season fan over reaction and suicide watch. Just a quick review of the forum subject lines shows the season finale drama is in full gear. If it makes you feel better: the season ends this way for 31 teams every year.

ANTIFA aligned groups have the city of Atlanta under siege, mostly trying to stop construction of a police training center (isn't better police training what these type wanted?). Face the Nation is currently on and all they can refer to the agitators is "organized groups" ..they can't dare name who it is. It destroys the narrative.

The fan fascination with what the other fanbase is saying escapes me. These threads come up for every game. I have enough fortitude to not give two sh--- about what others say about us. Be a person who doesn't care. People that don't care: They focus on their own stuff They don’t take things personally They don’t analyze conversations to death They shake it off They tune out

There. There in one quote you excelled 90% of Bills fans in their football acumen. The common fan fantasizes about salary cap limits. The common fan fantasizes about the value added by free agent signings. Looking at the long run, we're not playing Madden here. The draft is where its at. (I will add Stephon Diggs and Von Millers contracts to the scrum)

Surprised this thread made it to 4+ pages without being moved to Off the Wall or PPP.

Agree. Given his comms skills, you gotta wonder how his HC interview went. Probably bizarro land. The owner, Stephen Ross, must be very patient and open minded.

31 points scored by a third string QB and second string RB.

As long as they don't use the GD train horn was the "buzzer" A problem I foresee: the crowd noise on the visitors third down would drown out any acceptable buzzer.

A fan can only express their frustrations with Josh if they proffer a solution? People can't vent? They have to toe the optimism line or shut up? That would make this place as bad as a Bills Mafia Facebook group.

I'm guessing you didn't really like today's game.

I love WSJ writing. I found it here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sean-mcdermott-buffalo-bills-damar-hamlin-11673489644

Yeah. You're right. I transposed the 3 and the 9.

It's a politically incorrect reference to the mentally challenged. I probably should have chosen other words.

The gold standard of longevity and winning records is Mike Tomlin .636 Sean McDermott is only a couple years removed from the rebuild and has a .639 People wanting McD fired definitely went to school on the short bus. Edited: changed 693 to 639.

Summary: lower seeded teams knockoff higher seeded teams, so the Bills have less dirty work.

OP said "two TE sets" and "Bills" in the same sentence. Something you don't hear often.

I love the optimism, though I don't share it. WR depth is not there. The secondary is like a sieve. Don't even get me started on the tackling. The Bills aren't playing Superbowl football. Their 5 minutes versus Cincinnati was lackluster--probably would have lost that game. Getting the gift wrapped #2 seed was a fluke. I just hope they elevate to playing AFCCG football.