bobobonators Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Mornin! Did you really just bump this thread to prove a point? What an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just checking in. They were all so concerned with the tankers on monday, just making sure were all alright. Â It starts with One Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bomb Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Mornin! Â Sup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergie's ire Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Starting to look like they might not be that far off. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollaBills Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 im actually very amused this thread was necro'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Looking pretty good, though I wanted at most one win. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Muellers Ghost Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 6-10 is not that far off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 I toook my annual 6-10 and still stand by it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 10/30/2017 at 1:55 AM, OCinBuffalo said: Did you think you "knew football" better than the rest of us? Really? Wait, are you a "realist"?  Are you gonna sit in front of me at a pre-season game, and give me more JV coach analysis? Do I need to bring back my "fancy circles and arrows" threads, which I allowed Jeremy White to steal, because I am lazy, and it's his job anyway?  Hint: when any team can run, and stop the run, how in the **** name of God did you figure it only gets 4 wins?  Check it out: ATS Rankings The Bills continue to cash tickets after blasting the Raiders as short home favorites on Sunday. Link  EDIT: But, now that I think about it....how many of you were really going to put your $$$ where your mouth resides? Please. Much easier to S___post on TSW, right? It costs you nothing, but, it costs our time. ^ I blame this guy going ape crap when 5-2 ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bomb Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Real McCoy said: ^ I blame this guy going ape crap when 5-2 ^  I wonder if he has been drunk ever since the Jets game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Nothing like the optimism of a Bills fan before week 8. It's intoxicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Looks like 5-11 is a fair assessment at this point  Aye Carumba 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) 7-9 to 9-7....it's just where the middling teams fall. Â They have 6 games left and will win 2 or 3. Edited November 20, 2017 by OJABBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 This is why you don’t call people out midseason.  Just statin’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 On record as 5 here! Regardless, predicting 4 wasnt too far off, at this point. If this is your claim for victory, good on ya :-) I guess we all need something since this team sucks the life out of everyone. 7 hours ago, OJABBA said: 7-9 to 9-7....it's just where the middling teams fall. Â They have 6 games left and will win 2 or 3. Will they? Tackling is a huge issue right now- they may win 1 more game imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezertbill Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I see us being around 8-8. We play Miami twice still and the Colts. I also believe they will pull out a home win vs. a team they shouldn't beat.  I just rolled my eyes a few weeks ago when everyone said this 5-2 "felt different." Everyone said the same thing when Fitztragic was throwing for 300 yards and 4 TD's in shoot outs the first half of 2011 and the D was making eye popping turnovers.   Bottom line is the only thing that would feel different is something that IS different. Like a reaching a winning record they haven't had before, or actually making the playoffs.   Otherwise 5-2 is 5-2. There is nothing to feel different about it. Now we know there is good reason not to. 32 minutes ago, billsfan_34 said: On record as 5 here! Regardless, predicting 4 wasnt too far off, at this point. If this is your claim for victory, good on ya :-) I guess we all need something since this team sucks the life out of everyone. Will they? Tackling is a huge issue right now- they may win 1 more game imo. Opposing offenses are opening holes the size of trailer homes vs our DL. You can't tackle someone when your five yards away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 8 hours ago, OJABBA said: 7-9 to 9-7....it's just where the middling teams fall.  They have 6 games left and will win 2 or 3. Wins against the Fish and Colts will put us at 7-9.. right where we belong. Another forgettable season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) On 11/20/2017 at 5:35 PM, 4_kidd_4 said: This is why you don’t call people out midseason.  Just statin’. I called out 4-12 predictors...after we won 5 games.  Just statin'.  Edited November 23, 2017 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, OCinBuffalo said: I called out 4-12 predictors...after we won 5 games.  Just statin'. lol. Nice.  Vindication! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent 91 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, OCinBuffalo said: I called out 4-12 predictors...after we won 5 games.  Just statin'. what was your prediction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 ....the 5-2 UNANTICIPATED "quick start" created Greenspan's "irrational exuberance" and spawned threads like this....."three year rebuild?....forget it...we're all fixed (COUGH)"....the 5-11 or 6-10 gang MORE realistically made their forecasts understanding this is a MAJOR year in transition (hopefully JUST ONE).......hell, look at the more predominant clubs that were forecasted to be MAJOR contenders that are now wallowing in mediocrity and those who weren't even on the radar now predominating....my 7-9 ain't lookin' too good.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) And, if anyone here really thinks the Bills will lose the rest of their games? Lay it down already. All of the 4-12 people are just as wrong today as they were when I posted. I mean come on: Just bell curving the rest of the season means 8-8. IF you don't understand that: never gamble, on anything, ever.  Ok 5-11 people, are you telling us that you knew that our excellent running game in games 1-7 would up and disappear... in games 8-10? How about our run D? Yeah, you predicted that after running and stopping the run very well, we'd suddenly be unable to do either, lose 3 games...  ....and therefore now we're a 5-11 team, just like you said, all along?  We're supposed to believe that?  Please. Nobody on this board predicted that both our lines would go from good to awful, instantly, for 3 games. Just stop.  See the thing about sports, that those who haven't played at the D1+ level don't know is: sometimes things just happen. You do everything right(because when you play a real D1 team sport, it is a min. 4 hour/day job): film, practice, eating, sleep, attitude, preparation....but then at game time everything every little thing goes wrong, which makes a lot of big things go wrong, and you end the game asking not what just happened, but how? It's often dumbfounding.  What the "my sports career ended in youth league/high school" fan doesn't know is: the next game, after doing everything the same, often up against a better team, it all swings from crap to great, and it's just as mystifying.  EDIT: And, if things do swing with the lines, where will the 5-11 people be? Dumbfounded? Mystified?  So please, spare us the S___posts. Posters have a coin flip chance of being right or wrong about this team the rest of the season. While the smart $ is on 8-8, not 5-11, it's still merely a regression of a coin flip. Basing an argument on the merits coin flip outcomes, wastes our time. Edited November 23, 2017 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 On ‎10‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 12:55 AM, OCinBuffalo said: Did you think you "knew football" better than the rest of us? Really? Wait, are you a "realist"?  Are you gonna sit in front of me at a pre-season game, and give me more JV coach analysis? Do I need to bring back my "fancy circles and arrows" threads, which I allowed Jeremy White to steal, because I am lazy, and it's his job anyway?  Hint: when any team can run, and stop the run, how in the **** name of God did you figure it only gets 4 wins?  Check it out: ATS Rankings The Bills continue to cash tickets after blasting the Raiders as short home favorites on Sunday. Link  EDIT: But, now that I think about it....how many of you were really going to put your $$$ where your mouth resides? Please. Much easier to S___post on TSW, right? It costs you nothing, but, it costs our time. You make no sense.  Bills can't stop the run or run on most teams now.  They will be lucky to win one more game so 5 win season is a very distinct possibility. Prognosticating 4 wins and team ending with 5 is right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianFan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 LMAO and you're going to be smug about a 6-7 win season? LMAO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 3:34 PM, Jamie Muellers Ghost said: 6-10 is not that far off ? That was my prediction...and I nailed 7-9 last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRUSHx Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 1 minute ago, JaCrispy said: That was my prediction...and I nailed 7-9 last year. I called 5 or 6 wins. I did not want to be right but this still is Rex team with Tyrod as the starter IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 12:16 AM, Idandria said: Wins against the Fish and Colts will put us at 7-9.. right where we belong. Another forgettable season. That was the worst case scenario everyone was afraid of... most fans wanted to make the playoffs- but if we couldn’t most want the bills to lose as much as possible for the better draft pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 ....Jesus , "grip it and rip it" over the last 17 years and the prognostications....."14-2, 13-3, 12-4, 11-5, 10-6, .....the schneid is OVER....we're going...playoffs...SB.....yada yada".......and we're closing in on Year 18 with all of the top to bottom newness and overcoming organizational upheaval AS EXPECTED.....torture yourself or realistically look to one or two years from now.....jello happens overnight, not repairing this club....if...when....or whenever............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) On 11/20/2017 at 3:20 PM, OJABBA said: 7-9 to 9-7....it's just where the middling teams fall.  They have 6 games left and will win 2 or 3.  This was a "middling" team last season. McDermott and Beane have fixed that. They've turned it into an expansion team. Maybe they win 1 more but I wouldn't bet money on it. Edited November 23, 2017 by SoTier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM2009 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I said 7-9. Looks about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I said 5-11 to 6-10, I feel good where I'm at. I'm always hoping for the team to do well but in the end they poo poo their pants. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, JaCrispy said: That was the worst case scenario everyone was afraid of... most fans wanted to make the playoffs- but if we couldn’t most want the bills to lose as much as possible for the better draft pick. Spot on, boom or bust! If the Bills can't go 4-2 from here out there is zero reason to win another game as it just hurts us like it has so many years prior. Some people forget but the way the late 80's and 90's team were built came from from these poor records  1982 4-5 (NFL strike year) = 83 draft - Jim Kelly and Daryl Talley 1983 8-8 = 84 draft - BLAH! - Greg Bell 1984  2-14 = 85 draft - Bruce and Reed 1985 2-14 = 86 draft - Will Wolford 1986 4-12 = 87 draft - Colan, Odoms, House 1987 7-8 (NFL strike year) = 88 draft - Thurman Thomas  6 year span 27-61 record  1988 up - Magic began to happen   Edited November 24, 2017 by Real McCoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Funny to watch the progression of this thread. If the Bills win another game this year I'll be shocked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 5 hours ago, SoTier said:  This was a "middling" team last season. McDermott and Beane have fixed that. They've turned it into an expansion team. Maybe they win 1 more but I wouldn't bet money on it.  Meh, they are just in a slump. Plenty of bad teams ( or decent teams having a bad day) ahead on the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Real McCoy said: Spot on, boom or bust! If the Bills can't go 4-2 from here out there is zero reason to win another game as it just hurts us like it has so many years prior. Some people forget but the way the late 80's and 90's team were built came from from these poor records  1982 4-5 (NFL strike year) = 83 draft - Jim Kelly and Daryl Talley 1983 8-8 = 84 draft - BLAH! - Greg Bell 1984  2-14 = 85 draft - Bruce and Reed 1985 2-14 = 86 draft - Will Wolford 1986 4-12 = 87 draft - Colon, Odoms, House 1987 7-8 (NFL strike year) = 88 draft - Thurman Thomas  6 year span 27-61 record  1988 up - Magic began to happen    The tyrod cheerleaders/McBeane haters have ZERO sense of historical perspective. You sir, do. Excellent post Edited November 24, 2017 by joesixpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 21 minutes ago, OJABBA said:  Meh, they are just in a slump. Plenty of bad teams ( or decent teams having a bad day) ahead on the schedule.  37-21, 46-10, and 54-24 constitute the worst three game span in the Bills history. It constitutes a collapse, and it will be a moral victory for the Bills if they can at least be competitive against the Chiefs and Pats in the next two games. Don't bet more than you'd like to lose on them doing that, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWins Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Well, I started out at 6-10... I then revised it downward to 4-12 after the trades... Opening day I said that both teams were very bad and that the Bills could be contending for a top 5 draft pick... So they are at 5 wins and may get blown away the next two weeks by KC and N.Eng... with one more loss to N.Eng later on to come... A split with Miami? All this seems pretty consistent with my forecasts going into this season...  So where are all those "Koolaid Drinkers" who were talking "Playoffs" a couple weeks ago?   Edited November 24, 2017 by DefenseWins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Real McCoy said:  Some people forget but the way the late 80's and 90's team were built came from from these poor records  1982 4-5 (NFL strike year) = 83 draft - Jim Kelly and Daryl Talley 1983 8-8 = 84 draft - BLAH! - Greg Bell 1984  2-14 = 85 draft - Bruce and Reed 1985 2-14 = 86 draft - Will Wolford 1986 4-12 = 87 draft - Colan, Odoms, House 1987 7-8 (NFL strike year) = 88 draft - Thurman Thomas  6 year span 27-61 record  1988 up - Magic began to happen     That was pre-free agency......and the salary cap.........with a huge assist from the USFL folding..........so not applicable.  Been well documented the issues with Bills stars back in the 1980's........McD would have declined Kelly's 5th year option and traded Bruce and Andre for someone's comp picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I knew this thread would get bumped sooner or later lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said: Â Â That was pre-free agency......and the salary cap.........with a huge assist from the USFL folding..........so not applicable. Â Been well documented the issues with Bills stars back in the 1980's........McD would have declined Kelly's 5th year option and traded Bruce and Andre for someone's comp picks. That sounds like the 7-year plan post a couple weeks ago. Actually, the USFL folding didn't have much to do with it; without drafting Kelly the Bills wouldn't have had his rights, so I'm not sure why that matters. And several years of high draft picks were pivotal in building a very strong core of young players, something that we don't have now unless T. White all by himself counts as a "core." Maybe we should nickname him "Core" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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