The Bills were 5-2 (finished 6-10) in 2011.
The Bills were 5-1 (finished 7-9) in 2008.
Just goes to show there is are examples on both extremes. Past success/failure does not predict future outcomes.
The Bills are going to start free falling. I see Denver pushing us hard all game and it comes down to the wire.
It feels like NOTHING is going to be easy this year going forward.
I think we just get by Denver (similar to the Bucs game with a closer than ideal finish) but then lose 3 straight (Jets, @Philly, @KC). Philly and KC are just way better than the Bills right now and the Jets D is very, very good and seems to just know how to make games against us miserable.
I think the people who were possibly unhappy at 4-2 are just as unhappy at 5-4 due to the shortcomings that were hinted at while sitting at 4-2 (slow starts on O, disappearing O for most of the game, poor coaching, poor gameplanning, etc.).
I think 10 wins gets a wild card, but not the Bills at 10 wins most likely due to our very bad conference record and some possible key tiebreakers. I think, unless the Bills somehow get to 11+ wins, a wild card is out and our only path is the division. For that to happen we need to very likely have 9 wins heading into week 18 and Miami can have 10 or fewer and we can get the division with a win (assuming the Jets lose a couple more).
I think he cares a ton and he wants so badly to win. I also think he is a headcase who struggles to get out of his own head and just play. He talks about it all the time (the Sinatra music before games, having to keep himself calm, etc.) that it is such a THING now...he has given it so much power.
With our conference record and tie breakers wild card is probably out. Division or nothing. If we can get to 9 wins heading into Miami...and Miami has 10 or less wins we have a shot with a win week 18 (depending on what happens with the Jets' season).