Bills are playing a little "Rope A Dope" with the AFC

[1st Ammendment NoMas]

11 hours ago, realtruelove said:

Remember the Super Bowl years when the Bills would go 0-4 in the preseason....?  Did you ever consider that we are going unleash HELL on opening day of the Regular Season?

 

Well the O-line does have a sulfur hellish stink to it. Vontae and the LB's get  burned quite a bit.  Josh has a hot arm.  The DL gets abused and beaten. Most of us were screaming bloody hell after the Cinci nightmare.  And we have been a tortured franchise.  HELL it is on opening day. You nailed it.

11 hours ago, H2o said:

This thread.......

 you forgot to add Josh Allen riding a unicorn with our Peter Pan man.

9 hours ago, realtruelove said:

  The difference between Rex Ryan and Sean McDermott...

 is as narrow as their waistlines.

Edited August 28, 2018 by BillsRdue

[Jobot]

Not only is this idiotic, but you also apparently don't even know what the rope a dope is.

[billsbackto81]

3 hours ago, The Process said:

I'd like to say the bills earned it....and in some ways they did. But remember early on in the season when both Atlanta receivers went down? I think we would have lost that game making the Dalton miracle irrelevant.

Every season has twists. The Atl game is one. What if Tre doesn't force and recover the fumble against TB? What if Zay catches that TD against Carolina? What if Tre doesn't intercept KC on their last possession only up 6? Lets not forget the Blizzard game against Indy that could've gone either way.  

 

Gotta tell ya man after 17 years I'd like to think they earned it.

[Nick the Greek]

11 hours ago, buffbill77 said:

I think the Bill's are going to have a historically bad franchise year

That’s what I said last year. And, well? 

[dorquemada]

6 minutes ago, Idandria said:

That’s what I said last year. And, well? 

 

nobody ever went broke betting against the bills

 

 

oh wait it looks like im 100% wrong

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/trends/ats_trends/

 

 

[Green Lightning]

This is an amusing thread premise. "Unleash Hell." ?  It that like building a bully?

[dorquemada]

1 minute ago, Green Lightning said:

This is an amusing thread premise. "Unleash Hell." ?  It that like building a bully?

 

going to unleash hell on twobillsdrive in an orgy of recrimination, disappointment, and misery

[Mark Vader]

7 hours ago, SoTier said:

 

Keep telling yourself that and someday even you'll believe you.

I'll explain it again.....

 

Backed into the playoffs means that a team makes the playoffs after losing their last game of the season.

 

The Bills won their game and got help. That is not backing into the playoffs.

[C.Biscuit97]

McDermott is playing chess while the rest of the AFC is playing checkers.  You don’t want expectations for Allen to get too high so you make him a dink and dunker passer with a worse completion % than he had in college.  Smart. 

[Bills Pimpin']

10 hours ago, ThunderGun said:

 

I personally would, gladly.  What’s he going to punch me or something for stating facts and pointing out the point differential was embarrassing last year? That they had no right being in over the Chargers who destroyed this team???

 

Or that they don’t get in if Dalton doesn’t perform a miracle??? How about their overall defensive and offensive rankings?  

Crazy thing is McD backs into the playoffs at 9-7 after an insane play by Dalton, and the snow game which easily could’ve gone either way, while Rex is routinely bashed as a terrible mistake despite finishing 1 game worse in his first of just two seasons while McD is regarded as some kind of wunderkind for literally finish one win better... I would bet good money that this team wins less than 7 games this year and after two years McDermotts W/L is worse than Rex’s.  

 

 

Dude is is terribly overrated, and likely the second coming of Dick Jauron in both his conservative approach to the game and “bend but don’t break” defense, but gets the benefit of the doubt because he won 9 games, technically ended the drought, and didn’t quit like Marrone... 

HAHAHA, typical internet bravado. It would actually be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. You wouldn't say **** to Kyle Williams nor should you.

The Buffalo Bills busted their ass for 4 months last year and won 9 NFL football games. Things went their way on the last Sunday, no one will deny that, but making the playoffs is a year long effort. If the Chargers wanted to be in the playoffs they shouldn't have gotten beat by the pathetic Dolphins or Broncos. Any other team that didn't make the playoffs last year should have won more games over those 4 months. By picking a game or a week or a play as to why any team did or didn't make the playoffs is ignorant and shows how simplistic you are.  

Oh and another thing, the Bills were predicted to win 5 games by nearly every media "expert" last year until they traded all the crap your boy Sexy Rexy compiled. After that they were "tanking" and might win 2 or 3. So in all actuality the "wunderkind" outperformed all expectations by roughly 5 games. So you and your ilk continue to talk all your ignorant ****  preseason and I'll wait a few months to see where things stand after games are played. 

[GreggTX]

They are pretending that none of our OL actually know how to block and that they want Allen to get killed. They sure had me fooled. I bet they're just pretending the defense can't stop the run too

[thunderingsquid]

[NewEraBills]

 

 

I think the reality is that this year fans are really going to be tested by the Process.  This will be a slow process for everything to come together and I think it will eventually, but not early on.

[ThunderGun]

1 hour ago, Bills Pimpin' said:

HAHAHA, typical internet bravado. It would actually be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. You wouldn't say **** to Kyle Williams nor should you.

The Buffalo Bills busted their ass for 4 months last year and won 9 NFL football games. Things went their way on the last Sunday, no one will deny that, but making the playoffs is a year long effort. If the Chargers wanted to be in the playoffs they shouldn't have gotten beat by the pathetic Dolphins or Broncos. Any other team that didn't make the playoffs last year should have won more games over those 4 months. By picking a game or a week or a play as to why any team did or didn't make the playoffs is ignorant and shows how simplistic you are.  

Oh and another thing, the Bills were predicted to win 5 games by nearly every media "expert" last year until they traded all the crap your boy Sexy Rexy compiled. After that they were "tanking" and might win 2 or 3. So in all actuality the "wunderkind" outperformed all expectations by roughly 5 games. So you and your ilk continue to talk all your ignorant ****  preseason and I'll wait a few months to see where things stand after games are played. 

You have a real reading comprehension problem...

This is all garbage.

Try talking to somebody in an intelligible way without personal insults.

Edited August 28, 2018 by ThunderGun

[White Linen]

7 hours ago, ThunderGun said:

As opposed to this strong, articulate response. Really, thanks for your insightful analysis. Clearly we are in the presence of a gifted wordsmith.  Well played sir... 

 

Be happy I didn't use more than one word. 

[ChevyVanMiller]

20 hours ago, COTC said:

Remember the Super Bowl years???

 

No I don’t. I was like 3. It’s been a while, a long while. 

 

This is team has been **** for 20 years. 

Well, then you definitely have no idea what the "Rope a Dope" reference means.

[Playoffs?]

Haha!  I’m sure our O-Line is ready to unleash hell... 

[COTC]

24 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Well, then you definitely have no idea what the "Rope a Dope" reference means.

Cassius Clay is/was 100x more important than some measly super bowl loses. 

[Big C]

9 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

McDermott is playing chess while the rest of the AFC is playing checkers.  You don’t want expectations for Allen to get too high so you make him a dink and dunker passer with a worse completion % than he had in college.  Smart. 

 

But is it 4D chess?

[BillsPride12]

The difference is back in those days Kelly and the boys were super hungover during all of preseason 

[The Process]

10 hours ago, billsbackto81 said:

Every season has twists. The Atl game is one. What if Tre doesn't force and recover the fumble against TB? What if Zay catches that TD against Carolina? What if Tre doesn't intercept KC on their last possession only up 6? Lets not forget the Blizzard game against Indy that could've gone either way.  

 

Gotta tell ya man after 17 years I'd like to think they earned it.

I'm aligned with your thinking....or should I just have typed "This"  Why do people quote someone on here and write "This".....seems lazy.

[scribo]

16-0

[Bills Pimpin']

5 hours ago, ThunderGun said:

You have a real reading comprehension problem...

This is all garbage.

Try talking to somebody in an intelligible way without personal insults.

You are the insulting one sir. You insulted the entire Buffalo Bills team including the coach by reducing the accomplishments of an entire years of work as lucky and non deserving. I simply called you out on it. Look inward and take care of some of your own insulting behaviors before critiquing others. 

[ThunderGun]

2 hours ago, Bills Pimpin' said:

You are the insulting one sir. You insulted the entire Buffalo Bills team including the coach by reducing the accomplishments of an entire years of work as lucky and non deserving. I simply called you out on it. Look inward and take care of some of your own insulting behaviors before critiquing others. 

LOL, called me out on it? Way to go sport. Im not sure what you called me out on, but now that you have exposed me to the world I should probably just go into hiding...

 

Or, perhaps you just take this **** a little too serious, maybe? 

 

You our look at the records from the last 4 years and tell me why McDermott is so great. Because national pundits who pay no actual attention to the Bills said they were bad and then they went on to win 9 games?  

 

This team has perennially hovered between 7 to 9 wins, so forgive me if I don’t think last season was particularly earth shattering, especially coming off seasons of 9-7, 8-8 and 7-9 prior to McD taking the reigns.  I want a championship caliber football team, not squeaking into the post season and being one and done.  

 

It was a fun season and a fun team to watch but fans like you have just set the bar so incredibly low that we’re not even allowed to critique or have anything negative to say about a super mediocre football team (9 wins is very mediocre by the way) without having to deal with angry, belligerent, nonsensical backlash.

 

Last seasons team wasn’t even the best 9 win team Buffalo has had in the last 5 years, it just happened to be good enough to get in. If you want to discount the bit of luck (and wizardry by Dalton) that it took to get into the playoffs last season, then by all means continue plowing your head into the sand.  Judging by your responses and glaring rage issues, I’m guessing you’re more of the table smashing Bills fan anyway.

[Bills Pimpin']

4 hours ago, ThunderGun said:

LOL, called me out on it? Way to go sport. Im not sure what you called me out on, but now that you have exposed me to the world I should probably just go into hiding...

 

Or, perhaps you just take this **** a little too serious, maybe? 

 

You our look at the records from the last 4 years and tell me why McDermott is so great. Because national pundits who pay no actual attention to the Bills said they were bad and then they went on to win 9 games?  

 

This team has perennially hovered between 7 to 9 wins, so forgive me if I don’t think last season was particularly earth shattering, especially coming off seasons of 9-7, 8-8 and 7-9 prior to McD taking the reigns.  I want a championship caliber football team, not squeaking into the post season and being one and done.  

 

It was a fun season and a fun team to watch but fans like you have just set the bar so incredibly low that we’re not even allowed to critique or have anything negative to say about a super mediocre football team (9 wins is very mediocre by the way) without having to deal with angry, belligerent, nonsensical backlash.

 

Last seasons team wasn’t even the best 9 win team Buffalo has had in the last 5 years, it just happened to be good enough to get in. If you want to discount the bit of luck (and wizardry by Dalton) that it took to get into the playoffs last season, then by all means continue plowing your head into the sand.  Judging by your responses and glaring rage issues, I’m guessing you’re more of the table smashing Bills fan anyway.

I guess we will have our different opinions on the 2017 sason of the Buffalo Bills and and the first year of Sean McDermott. Remember only 1 team wins the Superbowl and it ain't gonna be the Bills so try not to be so negative little buddy. 

And some more advice, since I'm in such a good mood this morning and giving it out... There is no need to repeatedly type the same paragraphs over and over to make the same exact point made previously, that takes so much time. I'm sure your device has a copy and paste function. You should use it if you think no one read it the first time and you want to repeat yourself. 

 

Have a great day!

[BigBuff423]

I'm not on the same ship the OP is sailing, but I'm at least within distance of seeing the boat. I don't think this team is anywhere near Super Bowl ready, but I DO think they're much better than they've shown through the Pre-Season. Ironically enough, I think the first drive of the Pre-Season with Carolina is much closer to what we can expect Offensively and that was without using Shady. Defensively, I think we've seen the bad run D and then the bad pass D and the mediocre middle due to, 1. injuries to KW / Trent 2. Rookies playing a part in Edmunds (needs a nickname) & Horrible Harry (see how much better that is?) 3. McD doing new things with his scheme and to see how guys play / evaluate

 

That said, I think the team makes a playoff push, especially with a favorable second half of the season, and could be a 9 or 10 win team....if it's less by a couple games, I think that's reasonable. If it's more, that's really overachieving and this coaching staff all deserve awards. If it's much worse or much better, I will be shocked for different reasons obviously. 

[Freddie's Dead]

We need to see more rope, less dope.

[Chuck Wagon]

The talent drain that was implemented by McBeane when they took over has caught up to them.

 

The good news, hitting on elite blue chip players with cheap contracts high in the draft and opening up gobs of cap space to add good FAs around a QB on a rookie deal is the best way to have a title window in the current league.  The bad news is we've reached a "bottoming out" year.