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I fully expect he won't move on from McD unless the team legit is 7-10 for two straight years. I just think the stability they have he won't touch even if it feels like the rope is nearly out of rope. For the record I actually think McD has grown as a coach the last two years and unlike playoff losses 2020-22 I have not been nearly as mad at him in this compared to those years. That said the reinforcements are coming this offseason and what is left to be said for him if 2025 again is the same outcome.

Really like this post but it is a difficult spot in terms of seeing McD let go. Pegula has smartly stayed the hell away and let the team be run by football people. This was supposed to be a reset year and they obviously blew past that but with greater heartbreak. They have some real resources to strengthen this new core and add some blue chip talent. Outside of not making the playoffs idk if Pegula would fire McD even if the next two years they lose and come up short. To me 2025 at this point is the make or break it year for McD and it shouldn’t be hard to move on if things don’t advance. But easier said then done and I just can’t see Terry moving off of the success outside of some major pressure W/L wise.

This is actually a complex convo. Losing this close to the SB or in the past in four straight SBs is pain and anguish to a level that’s unmatched. It’s why when people bring the Browns and Lions up for fan pain they don’t get it because they haven’t went through this, it’s legit different emotional pain that makes getting out of bed the next day tiring. It’s the pinnacle of your sport, your that close only to then immediately be that far away. The opportunity is not endless which only makes it worse. Viking fans get it as they’ve not only lost 4 straight but their NFC title game losses since have been Hannibal Lector level f*cked up. The BUT in this though is your team when your this good gives you a ride every few years and the hope and vibes attached really are something you can mix. It’s why the fall hurts so much more. The drought is irrelevance. Whatever bad happens does happen. You become irrelevant where you live the entire offseason hoping and buying every headline or story that favors hope only for reality to come swift and hard that no your team is trash. On the flipside your seasons over weeks before the season ends and you never get that fall that having a good season gives if it ends without a ring. If your 3-6 come November it sucks but your weekends become more free you can move on to other stuff and honestly the playoffs as a whole are more enjoyable because there is no let down. Yea the Browns are a laughing stock but it just becomes a passing joke and you move on. The drought was more frustrating because you lost more regularly and the irrelevance piece just sinks you as a fan thinking you matter in the league landscape. But the pain is less and the outcome is already determined. So yes the drought is easier to handle. Yesterday adds to the legacy of truly painful fan moments that we have as Bills fans. It’s worse because Josh is half through his prime and the scorecard is zero. We waited for the franchise guy, he’s here, and the end result is zero with absolute heart wrenching painful finishes for years now. It’s worse because I’m 36 and I legitimately fear if the Bills don’t make it with Josh, the only SBs that my team made in my lifetime, the pageantry, the buildup, hell the failure even; would have happened when I was 2-3-4-5. I don’t remember any of them. Lord knows how many others feel like that OR did live and see four straight and want one more dance before their clock rings like my dad who is 69 in April. The years aren’t limitless and the opportunities are only so few. Hope is brutal because if you feel like you have hope it can give a relentless energy like anything is possible. But once it’s gone, seasons toast it’s as dark as night. Drought days had little hope so while irrelevant and sucky it was easier, right now is the dream but the reality that comes when the dream fails is a nightmare that’s repeating for years now.

I let myself rage for the first bit after to get it out of my system. Now I’ll just move on to not focusing on football and eventually get back into it come august. Wont lie though the scars of this loss and failure to break thru have me giving up my seasons and in general pulling back. I’ll watch and go to a game or two but overall it’s not that serious and worth investing the way I have. I found accepting that has made it easier to move on and let it go.

Truth hurts doesn’t it. 17 ain’t got the goods and showed it again last night. Done ignoring reality, until he breaks through which he keeps failing at he is a choker and can’t do it.

3:32 and 3 timeouts can’t get it done. Last year fails when it matters vs KC. HOU in 2019. I’m over protecting or excusing Josh he owns the failure to. It isn’t gonna happen with him would rather regress then pretend it’s ever a reality at this point.

I’m out of juice with this team. Honestly the drought was easier because you were done by week 14 so whatever. Instead for years now teased of the big one with no result. Whether coaching or 17 they can’t do it and I’m over it at this point. Not renewing seasons and in general just stepping back as it feels like such a disappointing waste of time that won’t ever give a payoff.

Could care less. Trade him and get what you can, who cares at this point.

Yes he isn’t immune. He had the opportunity every QB asks for, but unlike Mahomes Brady Manning he failed. He’s had his chances to prove himself and hasn’t, he’s a choker until otherwise and they aren’t going anywhere with him.

Yep 100%!l agree. 17 is a choker and it isn’t changing. I use to defend him but at this point he’s had too many cracks without breaking through when he’s had the ball. Would rather trade him outright and be done.

Nothing changes. Rinse repeat good seasons only for coaching or 17 to fail us come post season. At this point blow it all up and reset from scratch as their not gonna get over the hump and zero reason to continue as constructed.

Agreed. Their offense is as diverse as Buffalo's and even if Hollywood has not played much and Hopkins is older (so is Cooper/Hollins) they are incredibly effective weapons.

Bills 27 Chiefs 21 Stress throughout, years coming off lives but the SB awaits

I think if they need to get into a game that becomes an aerial battle they will. The offense is finally so diversified it can do what is needed based on the opponent. I had not been able to say that with Josh until this year.

Buffalo's gameplan was logical and their best avenue to win. On a night with cold snowy conditions it favors running the ball as putting the ball in the air means potential for mistakes in that weather. The Bills basically said will take the clock and chances that you will make mistakes and that is what happened while playing super safe themselves. The fact the Ravens didn't do more of that explains why they fell.

I emphasize in the frustration of having such a great QB and not being able to breakthrough. That frustration and know you have a certain timeframe to get rings with them hangs until it happens or it doesnt and every miss adds to the frustration. I do not emphasize with this being the end of the world and their cursed or other crap I have seen. I have seen the Ravens win 2 SB titles in my life. Lamar right now is playing to win a title and etch his name as an all time great. Josh & this group are playing not only for that but to finally end 60+ years of pain and heartbreak which hangs over the franchise and city/area in general to finally win it all. The circumstances are vastly different and outside of Viking fans no other fanbase knows the feeling of being this close so many times and being 0-4 and the weight that sits there because of it. CLE/DET fans have had their misery but truthfully losing in the big game the way BUF/MIN has and knowing you were so close mixed with the other misses is another level of pain. Realistically odds are Lamar will break through one of these times and get his shot. At least while Raven fans wait they can count the rings and watch the highlight film in frustration instead of sitting here hoping for one in my lifetime.

Bills 32 Ravens 24 Enough has been said but in the end Allen wins the game, Lamar is great, and analysis after is overblown and stupid on both sides.

not gonna hold my breath haha

lol i know my bad Earl the Pearl!

Was waiting to see how I felt until end of week and with the All Pro snub which probably means no MVP Denver is toast. Not going into my long prediction because Buffalo now will be coming out like the gates of hell opening and Denver will never be truly close. 21-10 at half as Buffalo runs out quick with points, 35-17 finale and Josh is going to put up 4 TDs Bills 35 Orange Horsey People 17 Allen 24-30 350 yds 3 TDs 9 yds rush 1 TD

Stafford when younger I could argue ahead of Burrow but even that Allen Mahomes Lamar are untouchable at top 3 for the foreseeable future. Anddd this is not even mentioning Herbert who is in the next tier under the top 3 but legitimately may be better then every NFC QB (and I am not a Herbert fan myself)

Bills went 3-1

Eh seems pretty reasonable to me. He didn't predict WSH DEN lol GB has a good potentially great QB with good coaching and system. They almost have beaten DET twice now and KC is the immovable object until otherwise. The NFC is a toss up even with DET 15-2 as their injuries are real and honestly any of the team outside of WSH I could see reasonably in the SB. The AFC I will be stunned if the AFC title isn't KC BAL or KC BUF soooo yea pretty on point if you ask me.

Legit this would be the most stressful worst playoff game in the history of time especially with the fact the weather is a non factor lol.

I won't make major judgements for another year or two. Players change good or bad all the time. He has been a C+/B- to me year 1 and where we go from here depends on the work he does and growth he is willing to try and make OR not.