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1 minute ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:
We unfortunately got the full strength bucs for 60 minutes and their whole offense went down early against the saints…I think that’s what it came down to
You might be right about that.. nevertheless my premise stands! If the Bucs weren't so physically exhausted from playing the Bills they never would've gotten injured. They simply couldn't recover in time for the Saints!
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32 minutes ago, FilthyBeast said:
Despite the offseason hype I seriously doubt coaches and players around the league were looking at the Bills as the 'team to beat'.
It makes zero sense especially since they were merely the AFC runner up and were taken to the woodshed in the game.
If anything the Chiefs fit that description and also why they got out of the gates to a 3-4 start before putting everything together and assuming the role of the odds on favorite in the AFC right now. This is also why I said after the Chiefs game don't be surprised if that was the Bills SB game and they fizzle out the rest of the way which is exactly what has happened.
Having an MVP caliber QB, a strong WR core, and one of the leagues top defenses is what the Bills were heading into the season with, after lighting it up last year and coming within a game if the Superbowl. I'm sure the rest of the league holds teams like the Jets in the same regard.
While the Bills have largely disappointed so far this year, there's still 3 games left to play before the postseason. I'm not sure how many people would say ending the year on a four game winning steak would be considered fizzling out, but I may be wrong. Granted it has yet to happen, although a win against the Pats this weekend makes it very probable.
So many people speak as if the season is over and the Bills are just looking to close out the season with some positive momentum for next year. News flash; They're not! There's a very real chance they end up AFCE champs and the second seed in the playoffs.
Anyway, I'd love to hear who's going to win the Superbowl this year since you so accurately predicted the demise of the Bills and I'd love to throw down some cash on that.
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23 minutes ago, Buddo said:
I think this is a fair assessment. I'd also say that a couple of the toughest divisions atm are in the AFC.
Definitely. The AFC North and AFC West are brutal this year!
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1 hour ago, Ethan in Portland said:
You are joking right? There are two rookies playing significant minutes and Brown would be on the bench if the line was not so bad. Bass and Davis are the only contributors from last year's class and Davis is now only getting starter minutes. Most of the rest of the team is made up of guys that have been in the league for 3 or more years and many of them far longer than 3 years. Most of the team's important position players are on their second contracts.
*The Bills have young leaders learning how to lead a team to sustained success.
None one is looking at Addison, Star, Hughes, Darryl Williams, Mitch Morse, Emmanuel Sanders, or any other aging vet and expecting long term returns from them. Everyone knows that these players are long in the tooth and will more than likely be replaced in the coming seasons. That being said they're important to how the roster is currently structured and while they play their roles the true team leaders Allen, Diggs, Ed Oliver, Dion Dawkins, Edmunds, Milano, Tre White and others are still early in their NFL careers and hence are still learning how to be a great team. All of these players could feasibly play another 5-10 years and it wouldn't be considered a stretch. So the fact that they aren't even halfway through their careers I consider them young players.
There's context to everything and while the Bills have one of the oldest rosters on paper, they have a solid young core of talented players that will be in the league longer than they've been thus far. While the Bills, as an organization, are looking to keep as much of this roster intact for as long as possible, given the salary requirements each player will demand. Ideally most of the core players will be staples of the Bills organization for the foreseeable future and will help to train those that they know will eventually replace them.
Everyone on here likes to talk about the Bills Superbowl window being only a few short years, while the Bills organization is planning on keeping it open indefinitely. They're looking to be the next Pats, Steelers, Colts, Packers, etc.. (perennial contenders) not some flash in the pan team
1 hour ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:
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6 minutes ago, WickedGame said:
My son is an Arizona Cardinals fan (have mercy on him), and when he’s not playing the “my team’s better than yours” card, he’s arguing the AFC is weak compared to the NFC.
Shortly after sending him to his room, I looked at records and marveled at the difference between AFC and NFC this year:
* The AFC has three divisions where at least 3-of-4 teams are .500 or better, including two divisions where the entire division is .500 or better.
* The NFC, meanwhile, has only one division with multiple teams that have a winning record. Further, until last week’s victories by the Saints, Vikings, and Eagles, the NFC had three divisions where 3-of-4 teams had losing records.
Take it for what it’s worth…I just thought it was an interesting disparity between the two conferences.
The way I see it is the NFC is more top heavy compared to the AFC and the AFC has more depth at the top end than the NFC. Just looking at it briefly there's only a few AFC teams that are truly awful. While the majority of the NFC teams are bad
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1 hour ago, FLFan said:
Despite all the Sanders hate around here, they absolutely need him this week to play the slot with Beasley out. I do not trust McKenzie to play that position full time in a critical game. Sanders can get open.
Honestly I hope they put McKenzie in that spot and see how he does there. He might surprise. From what we've seen last year he won't disappoint and has the speed the Beasley lacks. Not that Beasley doesn't get open. I'd just like to see McKenzie more involved offensively and this is a prime opportunity for him
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22 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:
So, fear the Jets?
We'll have to see how things go!
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8 minutes ago, Joe Mama said:
I appreciate the insight bud. I'm sure you're a hit offline!
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26 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:
Sadly, we're an 8-6 team.
I think the Pats will play their hearts out this week. But I don't think any opponent looks at us at their personal Super Bowl.
I mean Bill Belichick told his team they might remember the game against the Bills for decades. How did he feel about it?
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9 minutes ago, OP Blue said:
You were serious when you wrote this???
Chill out bud, you think I care what random internet strangers think about my opinions!? 😂 It's a message board not a job interview.
5 minutes ago, mattynh said:So we have lost 6 Super Bowls this year? I think that makes 10 total
We haven't lost 1 this year. The Bills are focused on the real one. Get it straight.
38 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:This is the case for any good team. The best teams can still win when they’re the hunted. We’re not in that group unfortunately.
The Bills are a young team learning the ropes. They aren't some perennial contender looking to continue their success, in a few years we might look back and think how did this team lose 6 games back in '21.
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3 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:
This is the case for any good team. The best teams can still win when they’re the hunted. We’re not in that group unfortunately.
The Bills have more wins than losses and when they win this weekend are in the driver's seat for the AFCE. We won't know for a few weeks how this will play out but I'm betting the Bills are gonna end up better for it at the end of the day
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After 5 of the Bills 6 losses this year the team who beat them has lost the following week. Most recently, in convincing fashion, the Patriots and Bucaneers lost, while being atrocious on Run defense and on offense in general, respectively.
That being said, have the Bills become such a massive game for opponents that they're so drained, physically, mentally, and emotionally, that they can hardly compete the following week!?
The only team that won the following week was the Titans at full strength who were a load for any team that faced them.
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2 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:
At the time they were bud. Call a spade a spade.
But then The Bills made massive plays on defence and then iced it on offence.
The Bills defense narrowly missed out on multiple interceptions at that point and the offense wasn't playing terribly. I still don't agree with your assessment but I do agree with the point you're making about how they can both be true
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5 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:
Ok... so because your winning that means you're out playing a team? Lol. That's an extremely shallow way of looking at it.
It was 270-267 yards by Carolina when I wrote that and they were driving
The Bills at this point have more than double the points as the Panthers. Are they still getting out-played!?
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1 minute ago, BillsFan130 said:
Ok... so because your winning that means you're out playing a team? Lol. That's an extremely shallow way of looking at it.
It was 270-267 yards by Carolina when I wrote that and they were driving
To say that the Bills are getting rocked by the Panthers would be silly. There's certainly levels to how out-playing a team looks, if anything it's been an even game with the Bills showing they have more talent on the score board.
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3 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:
Getting out played by a bad nfc south team at home.
This team just doesn't have it this year
The Bills are up by 10.
Wtf are you talking about!?
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Just now, Freddie's Dead said:
How about this? JUST ONCE, DABOLLOCKS, RUN THE *****IN' JET SWEEP TO MCKITTRICK!!!!
He's setting it up for the playoffs!
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I don't understand that flag. If anything I was expecting it on Ford
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1 minute ago, Simon said:
I don't care how he comes across; I care that it is negatively affecting his field vision and his execution.
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1 minute ago, Simon said:
He was pointing it out at the snap again.
I love him but he needs to stop officiating games; it's distracting him.
I get it. He does come across as whiny sometimes looking for the flags. It really only burned him in time that I can remember and I don't think it's something that's going to hurt long term.
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1 minute ago, Playoffs? said:
Would be awesome if Allen stops trying to point out penalties in the middle of plays. He’s right, but come on man… make a football play and then worry about the refs!
He tried to but got hit as he threw. Then after he saw the result of the play pointed it out to the ref
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Just now, Simon said:
I think his toe is messing with his follow through.
He's sailed multiple balls today
I think so too. You saw it on the first throw, the out to Beasley, it sailed in him and a few others have as well
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6 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
You can't ignore his fumble history. 4 his rookie year. His fumble this season was completely untouched. Daboll is running out of time to figure out a role for him. I liked him on the occassional jet sweep but we ended that. He rarely uses him in down field routes. And he's a waste as a decoy man in motion behind the RB. Either at least give him one last shot at returns or cut him loose.
Daboll needs to scheme up about 5-7 touches for him per game. He's dangerous with the ball in his hands and can take it to the house from anywhere on the field. Then when you use him as a decoy the defense actually bites on it for another 5-7 plays a game. Honestly I'd rather him have touch the ball than Breida on offense.
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9 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
i do think having him focus on WR will be better for the team.
But if he is out there, shouldn’t he get the ball? I don’t think he was targeted once or had one jet sweep or touch against the Bucs.
Yeah, I think he had one sweep and was just a decoy on maybe a few other plays. It makes no sense to me because in the limited action we've seen, he's been a playmaker when he does get the ball on those plays. Not that he's incredibly shifty, making people miss left and right, but he's good at seeing the creases in the defense and getting there before they close up. He looks to have pretty average hands and I can't comment on his route running prowess but it seemed like he got open well enough when the Bills used him more last year. We have know clue what the coaches see in practice though so we don't have the full picture
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The Bills have been multiple teams' "Superbowl"
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You sir are mistaken! There is no process to these thoughts.
That being said, yes. Allen and the other leaders on the team are young and learning how to be the big dogs in the league. Nevermind a lot of the older players on the roster, they haven't actually accomplished much in the league. Therefore they don't offer much in the way of guidance towards being a perennial contender or great team if you will.