87168 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Bills. This is our season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 They are pretty close. Both teams are going to end up slightly on the outside looking in. A 56 yard FG probably kept the Bills out and the Sabres OT / shootout record will keep them out. The NFL playoffs technically come first so that gives the Bills a head start. I don't think that they'll be a playoff team in 2017 but maybe if they pick up the defense. I think that the Sabres should take the next step in 2017-2018. I guess that I think the Sabres but I wouldn't bet an amount that mattered on that. Â Yeah they are both pretty easy sports to make the playoffs. They could both make it next year without much luck at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Bills. This is our season! Â Russ Brandon endorses that sentiment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Bills roster peaked a few years ago and Sabres are on the rise. Â Â They did but they were probably a top 5 team in terms of talent a couple years ago......they were quite loaded.......and they are still talented enough that it would hardly be a surprise for them to earn a wildcard berth. Â They aren't in a death spiral talent wise, just a one season down cycle due to the amount of free agents......unless they tear it down. Â Losing is not always the genesis of winning. Take the case of Aaron Schobel........he was the Bills best defender but got sick of playing on a team that was constantly churning thru young QB's and called it a career a good 3 years early.......that hurt the Bills talent level and lead to the desperate drafting of Aaron Maybin. Meanwhile a guy like Justin Smith played an extra few years because he thought he had a chance to win. Hell the Patriots had about 6 of those type of guys on the 18-1 team. Â One thing the Bills have always been willing to do during this streak is being willing to take a step or two back for fear that they weren't taking a step forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Sabres for many of the reasons already listed. NHL is easier to make playoffs, team has young talent and some solid core players. Hell if they could throw together a few game winning streak this year they could sneak in but they are inconsistent as hell and stay in the locker room for the 2nd period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It's sad that the question is which will make the playoffs first, not which will win a championship first. The bar in Buffalo is low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It's sad that the question is which will make the playoffs first, not which will win a championship first. The bar in Buffalo is low.Without being overly morbid, if you would have asked that question 47 years ago you still wouldn't have the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Neither. Both teams will move before reaching the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmarvB Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I like the Bills chances. The switch back to the 4-3 will make a difference on Defense. They'll need to keep TT at QB for 17 if they want to win now. If they go in another direction, sabres will make it first. They're about 2 years away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Without being overly morbid, if you would have asked that question 47 years ago you still wouldn't have the answer. Do you work for a funeral home? I know you don't and sadly you are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsoldier54 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 These teams are eerily similar. Neither one can seem to get on a roll. Win one, lose one. Win two, lose two or three. Anyone's guess is as good as mine, but until one of them learns to put together a winning streak, neither one is going anywhere except home after their respective season ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 These teams are eerily similar. Neither one can seem to get on a roll. Win one, lose one. Win two, lose two or three. Anyone's guess is as good as mine, but until one of them learns to put together a winning streak, neither one is going anywhere except home after their respective season ends. Â Granted, I'm not super knowledgable about the Sabres, but don't they have a really good core of young players? I don't really see the Bills having that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I think the Sabres are still a couple years away from being where I think most people think they will be even just next season. The Bills are going through a mini-rebuild process right now themselves so I think it could go either way but my prediction is we won't get our answer to this question for 2-3 years possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsoldier54 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Â Granted, I'm not super knowledgable about the Sabres, but don't they have a really good core of young players? I don't really see the Bills having that The Sabres do have some good young players, but overall they are wildly inconsistent. One night they look like world beaters and the next night they can't seem to get out of their own way. Just like the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I think the Sabres will end their's next year...they just need to get a few more players in here and they will turn the corner...they are on the cusp now, they just can't seem to put things together...youth and inexperience and not wanting to listen to the coaching staff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuoteTheRaven83 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Â People still write "LOL"? Â LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Sabres will be there in the next two years. Bills aren't going to the playoffs until Brady is gone. The Sabres do have some good young players, but overall they are wildly inconsistent. One night they look like world beaters and the next night they can't seem to get out of their own way. Just like the Bills. Â That's what you get from a good, young core. Another year or two of experience and they start to establish their game on a more consistent basis. Â Meanwhile, the Bills never look like world beaters (except against the 49ers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Sabres. They'll make it next season. Â I've come to believe that the Bills are an absolutely cursed franchise. I've come to the realization that there will be no end to the drought. They simply will never make the playoffs again. Ever. Their current roster is on the verge of collapse, which will cause a downward spiral, which will cause desperation moves to save Whaley's job, which will put the team further away from the rebuild that is needed, which will cost McDermott his job. Three years from now we'll have a new GM and head coach and a terrible roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) This thread perfectly illustrates exactly what I'm talking about: the Bills suck, even though they had a positive point differential last year, they have a top 5 running back in the game, a top 5 OL in the game, a stud receiver when healthy and a very talented front seven. Would I consider them a team with an arrow pointing up? No, but let's see who they snag at 10. They keep Tyrod, renegotiate a few contracts, get a legit safety in FA and draft Mike Williams/Corey Davis at 10 and maybe get a spark from a coach who's not a clown, they may not be all that bad. Meanwhile the Sabres ARE BAD despite the fact everyone always has their rose-colored glasses on when it comes to them. The Sabres making the playoffs next year is far from a safe assumption. They should be better than they are right now- something is off with them (I think it's Bylsma). But Toronto is ahead of them, Montreal isn't going anywhere, Boston is still better than them and Tampa Bay and Florida both have more talent than the Sabres. I'm telling you, this one is a coin flip. Shattenkirk would be the most ideal fit for the Sabres ever. See what happens. Good thread though. Edited February 15, 2017 by metzelaars_lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manther Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Not to mention easier to make the playoffs in Hockey than in the NFLAgreed,apples to oranges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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