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Part of that is because under McD prior to this year they played a total five prime time games: 2017: TNF Jets L 2018: MNF home Pats L 2019: Thanksgiving DAL W SNF Steelers W Saturday Night Pats L Overall 2-3 going into this year so not much really to go off of and before that they had won two primetime games this last decade, Dolphins 2012 and Jets 2015. So I understand mentally anytime at night always felt like a disaster. Whoops thanks that was suppose to be KC/VEG

Yea the Titans game between injuries, the constant adjustments, and the Titans being rested and hyper pissed now just looks like more a perfect storm then a real indictment of the Bills.

Fans of 1pm Sunday games enjoy this upcoming Chargers game because after that the Bills will most likely have four consecutive games at odd times. After LA we have MNF 49ers, SNF Steelers, probably Saturday at DEN, and then MNF Pats. I have been a fan of a few not 1pm games like maybe four in a season sprinkled one per month so this is going to be different haha. Also next year don't expect a massive return to 1pm games with the Bills now a team that gets night games and the following popular teams on docket: -NOLA -TB -KC/VEG -IND -BAL or PIT That doesn't include the up and coming Dolphins or Jets most likely led by T-Law. At times I have believed the drought spoiled us in the sense of we almost always had 13-14 1 pm games because the team was garbage. I am thrilled the Bills are back to being a good team, but I am also expecting many more years like this where we have a lot of games non 1 pm. I swear to god no Tuesday games ever again though lol

I'll vote for Yannick haha

02 opener was a gut punch as it was suppose to be the start of a new era and the energy was wild. Bledsoe ties the game at the end and then poof stunned at the start of OT. Here are some other killer openers besides the ones you listed: 09 MNF Pats 12 Jets blowout loss which Mario and crew look like dog crap 13 Patriots last second FG 18 Ravens demolish Bills and the season ends by the end of the 1st half

Back in 2009 with the MNF loss to NE or the 2010 Steelers Stevie drop neither loss meant much standings wise, but when your team is crap you are looking for any semblance of hope. Either of those games turned into a W means some hope or legitimacy nationally, but the way they blew those games made the Bills bigger punching bags then had they just lost in a boring fashion. No fan wants to feel like your their to take the punches and its a 1000% times worse when its in spectacular fashion. So I get the mindset of realistically who cares standings wise, but the flipside is life as a fan and it can really suck when the chips are down.

Just my opinion, but I am going off of heartache and overall WTF value. The Pats SNF 2007 wasn't a stunner nor was the 6-3 Browns game, but it was the type that scar'd you as a fan. For me this game is up there because of that. In terms of actual importance hopefully it isn't much and 04 Steelers, 99 Music City, or last years Texans playoff loss were certainly more seismic. For some fans yesterday was great game oh well, for me being 32 with the drought being my life it was like relieving the worst moments all at once including blowing a 14 pt lead on the road, bad INTs, climaxing with the team getting the lead only to lose it in the most unreal possible. Knowing I have weeks of seeing that play on repeat, the team doesnt play for two weeks so it just sits as their last moment is an extra kick in the gut. Will they be fine? Probably and for me its just because even with Allen having probably his second worst game of the season, I never doubted he would score when he had the ball at the end.

I didn't say the season is over and fire everyone... i did that on twitter last night as I calmed down lol. My point is they are a decent to good team, they have opportunity but they haven't won anything and the time is now. Games like this can comeback and be the reason you don't win the division or your playing BAL instead of IND. I'd say that is a pretty optimistic way to view things but also real because the expectations are higher. Last year was about taking the step of being a regular playoff team and moral wins, this year I want them to take the next step to being a contender and that isn't easy either. The best thing about the season is I have zero doubt if Josh has the ball at the end he can win the game late, that is a security blanket you can't replicate.

I am past the point of moral victories and "its nice we were toe to toe". We are in year 3 with Allen the expectations need to be higher, year 2 was about being close, now its about winning consistently in big moments. Some might say that is unrealistic, but the goal is to win at this point and the clock is ticking on contracts etc... there is no time anymore for close moral losses.

Lol I have been told similar, yesterday I just shelled up and stopped talking once that happened I didn't even know what to say.

As I said at the top I am 32 and was 1 and 1/2 years old.. don't remember it, this is based off what I have seen. If I saw 25 or Harmon def would be at the top. Saw it and Everett happened which may be why I don't ever list it or it didn't feel as bad. At that point football was secondary.

It was a great play by Hopkins, my two complaints by the Bills are bat/swat the ball and you shouldve had G Davis back there or another WR. Even with that not sure how sizable the difference is.

I use to try to avoid all football coverage after bad losses, but now its therapy to wash it away.

I think I am in the 4th stage of depression which is acceptance, either way I am trying to wash yesterday as quickly as possible and some of that is revisiting the crappy past and laughing. Cardinals game successfully broke itself onto my worst list which I have below: Worst losses: 1. 04 Steelers 2. 07 Cowboys 3. 99 Music City 4. 20 Cardinals (new addition yay lol) 5. 09 Patriots 6. 10 Steelers (dammit Stevie) 7. 07 Patriots (SNF) 8. 19 Texans 9. 08 Browns (wide left) 10. 09 Browns 6-3 I am 32 so I do not remember the SBs or 89 Harmon drop etc.. just what I have seen.

He did also make a great block on an Allen scramble for 10 I believe

Is it me or has Singletary been a shell of himself this season? Last season he was dynamic making plays left and right and in the playoffs he was our best player IMO. He has lacked any play making ability this season and I can’t even remember a major play he has made. Maybe my brain is just fried or I had too high of expectations, but he has felt like a non factor to an bad extent

If your analyzing a users score prediction on a fan based website you have too much time on your hands

Bills 30 Cardinals 24 Back and forth game with the Bills getting a key turnover in the 3rd quarter that allows the offense to get a ten point lead they don't lose. Cards get close but Buffalo runs out the clock. Allen 23-34 338 yds 3 TDs 45 yds rushing Moss 65 yds rush 10 yds rec Beasley 7 rec 125 yds 1 TD

This has always been the big question with those teams. I was just a little guy back then and I barely remember any SB as by 28 I was 5-6ish so its a haze, but my father and I have talked and he firmly believes if they had one they wouldn't have went to four in a row but they would've went back at least one more time maybe another. They were so fueled to get back after 25 and it just bled across the next few years. My opinion though is a much more macro view of the situation. Lets say the Bills win a SB but never go back on maybe make just one more SB. They go down as champions but given the subsequent downfall and what came after do we become another great champion in the books? Even though the 90s teams didn't win, going to 4 SBs in a row made them into a mystique legend type status. Yea they lost but they went to four freaking in a row, it won't happen again. So in a weird way they are probably more immortalized in an odd way then had they just won 25. (Of course I would've taken a SB win) Another thing I have looked at is how the fans are viewed nationally. Between the four SB losses, the uncertainty of the team in Buffalo, being a small market, and the drought I feel Bills fans (Mafia) have now been embraced nationally as among the very best if not thee best and as a fanbase mentally its "throw what ever you have at us but we will still be standing". I doubt we would be viewed the same if they had won imo.

They would've ended the drought in relatively the same time frame, I could've seen him prompting Schwartz to run the team which would've meant a better D in 2015/16 so maybe they break it then. BUT I do not think you would've seen this. It probably would still be more years of 7-10 wins tops where we play the "if only game" with a good defense and offense that can do anything minus maybe a decent RB.

I thought honestly he expected a hit and as he slid kinda realized oh crap I couldve kept going. To me I was trying to figure out what the heck the Seahawks were doing there

In general I hate how we view windows for sports teams now. So much of sports is designed now that once you are ascending you will have a ton of hurdles to bring you back down and even the playing field. In football the only two ways to really keep your window open are 1. top QB and 2. crazy good head coach. The amount of those are pretty limited and even if you have Rodgers you need some lucky and things to go well to make SBs. I swore when GB won their first SB with Rodgers he would get at least 1 more and another appearance. Instead he has zero despite getting really close, same with Drew Brees. Salary will not be the barrier it has in the past as the league keeps prioritizing offense and passing as your best chance to win. But if you do pay your QB you better hope you know he is the dude for the next decade otherwise your toast. "Cue the Indiana Jones reference of the old dude saying "you chose poorly" to the Bears mgmt and Mitch T with Mahomes & Watson standing next to them watching them dissolve"

Bingo truest words ever. I have also been trying to tell people that Josh has been good to great since Jets game on. Just because he didn't throw for a billion TDs didn't mean his play wasn't a huge cause for the Bills success. He would have two more TD passing to Gabriel Davis if Davis didn't drop one and have a penalty called on the other. The Bills are winning because of Josh at this point not in spite which is a huge stride.

Yea I saw that play and it was a huge swing. The Ravens last year benefited from catching the league off guard with their offense and Lamar. Buffalo and San Fran gave the league a blueprint and TEN perfect it come the playoffs. Now they have a tougher schedule, a year of tape, and truthfully its a lot to keep up that energy yearly they had last year. Also Lamar is being forced to be a pocket passer more something he still needs to grow more into.

Great recap said what I would say. Every football monday you are in my top 3 columns nationally I read and that is not meant as a joke.