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It's going to take a lot more than the Bills being "angry" for them to even sniff a win this weekend. I've been a fan for about 40 years, and it pains me to say it but we suck this year, and I see no light at the end of this tunnel. Call me a pessimist, naysayer, whatever. At this point I'd love to be proven wrong and have to eat my words, but I just don't see it. I'll always hope for a win (miracles can happen right?), but when you look at the team objectively, they really seem to be coming apart at the seams. But hey, it's nice to see there still are some fans keeping the (blind) faith.

When the temps dip? Hell they need to be able to win when it's great football weather before they worry about winning when the temps dip. For the last few years we have not been able to beat any teams with winning records, hence we get the 7-9 seasons. Now we've slipped to the point where we can't even beat the teams with losing records. We have slid too far away from where we need to be, that's for sure. And I agree with your point, paying just enough to have a D that can at least keep you in the game into the 4th qtr (and hence make you think maybe we're CLOSE to having a winning team), is foolhardy, if you really wanted a contender team. You've got to have a great offensive line too, and at least a pretty darn good quarterback. But of course that all costs more money. How long have we been saying we need an offensive line? I think that goes back at least 7 or 8 years now.

Coy Wire in Atlanta too.

Sigh, remember those good old days, when we'd moan because we couldn't win the Super Bowl(s)? Now we can't even with the Loser Bowl that we played in today.

It's kind of a sick looking at a train wreck thing. You can't believe how bad it is, but you can't turn away. You say to yourself, they can't really be this bad, then the next series you say, oh, maybe they can be. At this point, most of us are starting to wonder just how bad we are gonna suck this year. Is it going to be all time bad suckage, or just mediocre 5-7 win suckage? The hope for a winning season is fading fast in the rear view mirror. Sad when it hits that fast.

You don't understand - we just can't afford to be good!

I think we are in for another "O-fer". Then at the end of the year Jauron will be fired, and we'll be right back where we were after firing Wade Phillips, Gregg Williams, and Mike Mularkey. Hoping the next coach is the one to bring us back to respectability. Groundhog day!

Anybody still there - suffering to the end?

to a well covered guy about to get tackled, and short of the first. Brilliant

Yeah, getting some heartfelt commentary now! Hilarious!! better than the game...

While our new Oline is holding up fairly well to the pass (given their newness), they've been doing a pretty good job at run blocking, probably better than we've had for awhile. Freddy's been taking advantage of it, I'm looking forward to seeing what Lynch can do. This could be an awesome 1-2 punch (and lord knows we need it)!

That's a really good summary of the last four years. You get to the point where you feel torn as a Bills fan. You don't want to give up on them, as you want to think of yourself as a loyal fan, and they always seem to be just a little (potentially achieavable) bit short of where they need to be to step up to the playoff contender level. At the same time, part of you feels short changed, like maybe you've been playing the sucker. It seems being a Bills fan means you stay conflicted (afflicted might be a better word).

Let's see 4th and 1 with 8 miunutes something to go, in your side of the field, don't go for it. You see we wanted to reserve that gutsy call for a little later, when we were further in the hole. Then we could get the chance to really show how good we are when we go for it on 4th and 23. Pathetic...

At this point, it is looking like our D is going to have to score. They deserve one!

That's a good strategy. At 5-1 last year a lot of us Bills fans got overly excited (self included). Short story - it's a long season and a lot can happen.

I'm hoping that the Bills are actually as good as they appeared to be in the game against NE (the first 54 minutes anyway). But... there's a gnawing concern that maybe NE is nowhere near as good as they used to be, especially defensively. Let's face it they lost a heck of a lot of talent on defense. Also,Brady was really off the first half, and once he started getting in his groove in the 4th quarter we didn't seem to have the answer. As a result of all that, I can't use the first game as much of a barometer, it's going to take quite a few more games. I'll stay hopeful, but for some reason, I have a hard time shaking the feeling that things aren't quite as good as they seemed. I don't know why, maybe there's just too much of a history of disappointment..

While I'm sure there may be many (including TO) who think he needs to be a bigger part of the offense, the question I pose is this: Assuming TO continues to draw double coverage, which inherently means one less defender ready to stuff the run or cover someone else, is that enough? Personally, I think if it helps open up the running game and the passing game for other targets, it means our offense goes from mediocre to pretty good. And that's not counting the plus factor when he does catch some balls. Thoughts?

I didn't even allow myself to get my hopes up til we went up by 11 more than halfway through the 4th. Then it happened, I started to believe we could actually do it. By opening up that hope, I opened the damn door again to the pain. Sure as scht, there it was, that heartwrenching oh no, not again, how is this possible pain. The weird thing is, I've felt it so many times before (38 years a Buffalo fan), it's almost like an old accustomed feeling. Not one I like by any means, but one I've grown so used to that now I just let it come in and roam around and do it's thing. Starts with disbelief, switches to anger, turn into a little disgust, a little "woe is me" self pity combined with "why do I put myself through this", and then I kind of just let it go. My only consolation is that now it doesn't stick with me as long.

Well that's certainly adding injury to insult

Story of a Bills fans life - heartbreaking loss. But heh, don't feel bad it was a great game...

They scored too fast!

WOW! Before the game I was saying I was never feeling as low about our chances. It ain't over yet, but we might just beat New England IN NEW ENGLAND!!!!! Please hold on!!!!!!!!!

It kinda sucks that about the most we can hope for out of the Bills this year is that they beat the point spread.

2009 Bills: Promising not to rip your heart out with agonizing close losses 2009 Bills: Testing great fans everywhere