PO'14 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) I was thinking about the game this week and it dawned on me that maybe the Bills are just not that good at this point in the season. Let me explain: -Our Offensive line is having a bad year with 1 above average player ( Glenn ) and a rookie who seems to be doing well for his first season. -Our 2 Running backs are injured and have been replaced by 2 career backups. One being called Boobie. -Our main target Watkins has been hampered by injuries all year long. -Woods is having a down year, Mike Williams hasnt panned out and Glash Goodwin is Fragile -Some plays have been called to a Tight called Lee Smith and Gragg doesnt seem to be much better. -The team is being led by an above average career backup who physically looks retro from the late 70's early 80's. ( cue in Napoleon Dynamite jokes ) X-FACTORS: -Special teams have been a huge upgrade from last year. However, when your punt returner fumbles a ball that leads to a TD one can see why this team is struggling to win the big games. In conclusion, -Although the Defense is playing lights out, I feel that most Bills fans ( including myself ) have been suckered into thinking that the Bills are good. -Its time to keep expectations low until we get a real QB. Seems like the Bills will finish in the middle tier of the draft ( again ) and we dont even have a pick! GO BILLS! SQUISH THE FISH! Edited November 12, 2014 by PO'14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 All I am asking for is to win home games.........the Bills have lost 3 of 5 so far. To me, this is the story of the 2014 season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thronethinker Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Not that as compared to who? The whole league is full of average teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 ok, i'm pivoting from hating marrone for his fourth down stupidity to hating whaley for his inability to assemble a talented roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 GO BILLS! SQUISH THE FISH! Keep your clothes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Are you turning your expectation to High? I'm turning my expectations to Low. I just want 9-7. It'll be a stretch but I think they could get their first winning record in a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 TOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) The Bills are what they were from the beginning of the season. A roughly 8-8 mediocre, average team. Very good defense, pretty bad offense. Those were my expectations going in. I wish the Sabres were mediocre. Edited November 12, 2014 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBillsWillRiseAgain Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 No. The Bills are good. If your expectations were that they'd be GREAT this year, then yes your expectations were too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBILLSFAN Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) The Bills are AVERAGE, not good. Our standards as fans should always be HIGH, we should expect our team to be competitive and make the playoffs on a regular basis. 15 years without the playoffs is an embarrassment as a franchise. I think too many Bills fans have come to accept this as "okay". It's NOT! Edited November 12, 2014 by TXBILLSFAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo poonani Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Hmmm... What's an expection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) So it is true that too and to are two that are not the same. Cool. Edited November 12, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 i think i settled on 8.5 as my over/under going into the year. should still end up pretty close. its a team with a lot of talent but with question marks at QB and in the coaching staff, its hard to get to "average," yet alone past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l< j Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I would have liked to have seen a team that plays tough, is a tough win in Buffalo, makes good teams game plan beyond 'hang around until the Bills shoot themselves in the foot', and has a plan for overtaking the Patri*ts beyond 'wait for Brady to hang 'em up.' Those are the subjective qualities I wanted to see in my team this year. And I could accept not making the playoffs, if we were putting things in place. Not sure that we are. kj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The Bills are AVERAGE, not good. Our standards as fans should always be HIGH, we should expect our team to be competitive and make the playoffs on a regular basis. 15 years without the playoffs is an embarrassment as a franchise. I think too many Bills fans have come to accept this as "okay". It's NOT! I don't think Pegula dropped 1.4B+ on this team to see them go .500 or less. When does Ernie Accorsi start again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The Bills are not a great team. The Bills are a good enough team to get a wildcard. That doesn't seem unrealistic to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I don't think Pegula dropped 1.4B+ on this team to see them go .500 or less. Pegula bought the Bills the keep them in Buffalo. The Sabres under his ownership so far could only dream of getting to .500. This season so far it seems to be the impossible dream. And hockey has been his sport of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The Bills are what they were from the beginning of the season. A roughly 8-8 mediocre, average team. Very good defense, pretty bad offense. Those were my expectations going in. I wish the Sabres were mediocre. This is why the adage that defense wins Champions rings true because if you have an above aerage defense, like we do, you're in every game and as long as your offense takes care of things you should win most weeks. Yet sadly this week our offense struggled in the redzone and the ST cost us with Leodis' fumble. Hopefully we can keep this defense intact next year (see re-sign Hughes and Spikes) and the ST doesn't fall apart and add some key contributors (to me we need a starting TE and love to see Pegula throw mad money at Jordan Cameron and maybe add a starting OG and things could turn around with Orton at QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Hmmm... What's an expection? LOL. I didn't even notice that. I did catch the "to" but never saw Expection. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwater cadet Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 yes, but every team has injuries, every team has a unit that struggle, and not every team has Manning, Drew B., Luck, brady, Rodgers, or Rivers at Qb. In fact I think it been a while since any of those guys have won a superbowl. I thinks it just carelessness by the players and coaching staff. (notice I didn't Cap. brady's name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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