There was always the unknown during each off season; hoping and praying that maybe this new coach will turn things around or that new journeymen QB was the piece we've been missing. It made things sort of exciting in a dark and strange way but we were the Bills, deep down I knew we would be losers. Some years we would start out on fire, like the first year Bledsoe was here or when Trent Edwards became the starter and looked quite promising but ultimately we would fall apart and watch Brady run away with another division title. It made every draft really exciting because I always thought maybe this would be the year that we finally get lucky and get the right pieces to finally have a winning team. Nobody in the national media talked about the Bills and we rarely ever got a primetime game, none the less a home field game.
Fast forward to the present day and we are far and away the media darlings. Everybody is picking us to win the SB. Announcers are gushing over our QB like they used to with Favre, Manning, Rodgers, Brady and Mohomes. Every sports talk show personality, locally and nationally, can't get enough of how dominating the Josh Allen led Bills are right now.
It's all, kind of....weird! I love it but it's something I'm not used to. It's like I feel a ton more pressure when they play. These Bills are not the lovable losers anymore: They are the team that opposing teams are afraid of and circle on their schedules.
I definitely don't miss the losing, I just worry they won't live up to these insanely high expectations.
Go Bills!