NextYearGuys Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 How is it possible for one franchise to not make the playoffs for 16 years straight. Out of the 4 major sports in America, we are the only team to not make the playoffs since 1999. I'm not even really that mad about it, just utterly confused. The NFL is a cycle; teams do poorly, get high draft picks (and get lucky on some later picks ie: Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, etc.), become good, and then become poor again for the most part. How is it even remotely possible for one franchise to be this bad for this long? What are the odds? I am just dumbfounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I feel bad for younger Bills fans. Imagine the first Bills game of your memory- I am guessing you were 5 or 6. Now imagine being a 22-year-old Bills fan- all you know is ****ty football. You have never seen anything but ****ty Bills football your whole life. That is pretty depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 How is it possible for one franchise to not make the playoffs for 16 years straight. Out of the 4 major sports in America, we are the only team to not make the playoffs since 1999. I'm not even really that mad about it, just utterly confused. The NFL is a cycle; teams do poorly, get high draft picks (and get lucky on some later picks ie: Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, etc.), become good, and then become poor again for the most part. How is it even remotely possible for one franchise to be this bad for this long? What are the odds? I am just dumbfounded. just to make you feel better the Patriots have been good the whole time we haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearGuys Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I feel bad for younger Bills fans. Imagine the first Bills game of your memory- I am guessing you were 5 or 6. Now imagine being a 22-year-old Bills fan- all you know is ****ty football. You have never seen anything but ****ty Bills football your whole life. That is pretty depressing I'm 21. All I've ever known is us being terrible. It is quite depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm 21. All I've ever known is us being terrible. It is quite depressing. I am sorry Bills friend. At least there are no front running Bills fans. We are a loyal, masochistic bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am sorry Bills friend. At least there are no front running Bills fans. We are a loyal, masochistic bunch i feel no pity. I paid my dues in the 70s and 80s, and again now. I've seen more bad years of football than they've seen life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark80 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Tom Brady. Franchise QBs are hard to find and when teams do hit on them, they rarely let them walk. Hall of Fame QBs are even harder to find. We've been stuck without a franchise QB in a division of one of the best of all time. It's really that simple. Even more rare is when you have no lag between that level of QB and you are great for 20+ years (Packers now, 49ers of 80s/90s, Colts potentially). Edited December 21, 2015 by Mark80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills Analyst Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 just to make you feel better the Patriots have been good the whole time we haven't. That's a big part of it. In the same time span Miami has only been to the playoffs once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm 21. All I've ever known is us being terrible. It is quite depressing. This shows by your thread. We're still in 2nd Place all-time behind the Saints, though we'll tie them if we miss the playoffs next Season. There are plenty of legit reasons for our incompetence, but the most likely 1st reason is/was RCW in his overly-frugal final decades. Which is saying a lot, given his previous 3 frugal decades. This is just Year 2 of a more modern ownership and despite the opinions of some around your age, the honeymoon IS still going on. To your point about designed parity, yes, it boggles the mind that we don't eventually reap the benefit, but it still goes back to weak previous ownership. It won't help you much to know that when we finally do play a 17th game, it won't mean anything the following year, given parity. Welcome to the rest of your life, whippersnapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan714 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I feel very confident given the present state of the team that we will beat the Saints record. And I do feel bad for millennials that have seen nothing but futility and some of the most horrid collapses in the history of this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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