ImpactCorey Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. The Bills have not fielded a playoff talented team since 1999, not even 2017! 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 gives credence to the notion that we did indeed have a pretty tough schedule this year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 14 minutes ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. I thought about this myself too this morning. Another point to consider is that of these teams; Baltimore, Indy, Chicago, and NE (at home) were games with NP/DA at QB. Not saying that Josh would have beaten these teams, but it's something to factor in when evaluating the season as a whole. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It was a hard schedule but every year your schedule is hard and you will have to beat good teams. Yes some years you might luck out and be pitted against a bad division but typically your schedule in the NFL is always hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I take that to mean we beat the teams we’re supposed to beat. We aren’t on their level, but will get there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 25 minutes ago, vorpma said: The Bills have not fielded a playoff talented team since 1999, not even 2017! it was nice to get the streak over with, hearing the names of the Jets and Browns (??) as the longest streak currently was nice on Sunday but there was no joy in making them and then playing like that on the national stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, vorpma said: The Bills have not fielded a playoff talented team since 1999, not even 2017! Not many of us thought they were a team talented enough to make the 2017 playoffs. That's good news, don't spin it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Virgil said: I take that to mean we beat the teams we’re supposed to beat. We aren’t on their level, but will get there. That's huge. When you get better and play the playoff teams competitively and still beat the teams your supposed to beat, you have a chance at going 10-6. Most frustrating thing was losing to teams like the Raiders in 2014 in a critical game in the playoff hunt. Playoff teams can't be doing that. See: Steelers. Fun fact. We definitely knocked the Vikings out. They'd be in if they had won. Have to be the worst team they lost to. Boy did they lay an egg. Edited December 31, 2018 by BarkleyForGOATBackupPT5P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. and 4 of those games, the Bills did not show up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCityRoller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. So a young team, with a rookie QB, and almost no cap space played 10 playoff teams this year, and managed to go 6-10. 6-10 seems pretty good given that situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, RocCityRoller said: So a young team, with a rookie QB, and almost no cap space played 10 playoff teams this year, and managed to go 6-10. 6-10 seems pretty good given that situation. Coming for the parade? a banner on the stadium that you see half a mile away as you approach? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCityRoller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, row_33 said: Coming for the parade? a banner on the stadium that you see half a mile away as you approach? Same amount of wins as the impeccable franchise QB Aaron Rogers and his Green Bay Packers. Pretty sure Green Bay didn't have 10 games against playoff bound teams. Look at franchise QB Matt Ryan and superstar Julio Jones with their big 7-9 record. TBD darling Josh Rosen, with future HOF Larry Fitzgerald and D Johnson went a whopping 3-13. Buffalo tore it down to the studs, is in the same conversation or better with these teams mid rebuild, with a more difficult schedule and far less talent. The insane expectations and lack of discourse with anything approaching reality by some members of the board is disconcerting. Edited December 31, 2018 by RocCityRoller 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from_dunkirk Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, RocCityRoller said: So a young team, with a rookie QB, and almost no cap space played 10 playoff teams this year, and managed to go 6-10. 6-10 seems pretty good given that situation. Jim Kelly's first year was 6-10. Enough said. The future is bright. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. that was last season Bills are 0-0 now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. 6 of the 7 were blowouts. It's not like they "showed resolve" against good teams........they got rag dolled. Bottom line........the Bills sucked this year. Try to glean hope however you like..........means nothing going into next year..........no such thing as momentum either way..........ask the Niners who won 5 straight at the end of 2017 and are now again near the top of the draft board. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: 6 of the 7 were blowouts. It's not like they "showed resolve" against good teams........they got rag dolled. Bottom line........the Bills sucked this year. Try to glean hope however you like..........means nothing going into next year..........no such thing as momentum either way..........ask the Niners who won 5 straight at the end of 2017 and are now again near the top of the draft board. Come on now, you know what was different. They won with a QB, and they lost without the QB. You should at least mention that rather important fact. Having said that, last year means nothing going into next year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Now Moment Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, row_33 said: it was nice to get the streak over with, hearing the names of the Jets and Browns (??) as the longest streak currently was nice on Sunday but there was no joy in making them and then playing like that on the national stage Could have been worse. We weren’t blown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Not much to see here. We weren't playoff team and lost to them when we played them. Therefore, we don't belong in this class of teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 hours ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. The schedule was pretty tough over the first few weeks but then again take a look at the starting QB’s: Baltimore (Peterman) LA (Allen - debut) Houston (Allen 1st half/Peterman 2nd half) Indy (Anderson) NE (Anderson) Chicago (Peterman) NE (Allen) While the schedule was harder, it alsonhirt not having the best player on offense (Allen) available in most of these games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calidiehard Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 We were also a team most predicted would win 1 or 2 games, 3 at most while setting the record for fewest points in the superbowl era. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. And other than Houston, all blowouts losses, including Green Bay. Congratulations! Edited January 1, 2019 by mannc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 hours ago, ImpactCorey said: I'm not trying to make a point here, just something I noticed that I thought was interesting. 7 of the 10 Bills losses were against teams now going to the playoffs: Baltimore LA Chargers Houston Indianapolis New England x2 Chicago 2 of the other 3 losses were against teams the Bills also defeated: Miami and NY Jets. That leaves the Green Bay Packers as the only non-playoff bound team that the Bills didn't beat. I like our slate of games in '19 much more than I did this years. Judging very,very early..I think we can go 6-2 or 7--1 at home next year.We have $$$$ and I full set of high round picks..it's such a nice feeling to be in our situation. We all saw how much the Browns improved this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardb1952 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 So it appears from this stat the Bills wouldn't have gone far this year even if they did make the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Calidiehard said: We were also a team most predicted would win 1 or 2 games, 3 at most while setting the record for fewest points in the superbowl era. This! At the beginning of the season all the pundits at ESPN and NFL.com predicted that we will have the worst record in 2018. I am glad we showed them that we are better than 9 other teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 6 hours ago, ScottLaw said: Had a real shot in the Houston game. Outside of that I don't think they win any of those football games with Josh. Just better teams in terms of overall talent and better QBs at this point in Josh's career. We only got back into that game with Peterman...who then threw it away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I'd have to check the math but I'm pretty sure every losing team can say most of their losses were to winning teams. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus99 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 The season opener Miami Dolphins and the season's finale at Miami Dolphins ?? Just a guess . I know it way way to early but I have this feeling we will open the season game 1 here at home against the Miami Dolphins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 14 hours ago, row_33 said: Coming for the parade? a banner on the stadium that you see half a mile away as you approach? Nope but Looks like the next couple years we will be finishing up the process of building the team and moving onto the process of maintaning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: Nope but Looks like the next couple years we will be finishing up the process of building the team and moving onto the process of maintaning it. Or starting a new rebuild 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Hey it’s another sliver of silver lining I suppose! Better than having lost only to sub 500 squads. Next year however, we need to be one of those playoff bound teams, not talking about how we lost to only them. I have every confidence now that we are headed to at least a divisional round W next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 It’s actually pretty amazing this roster won 6 games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Trogdor said: Or starting a new rebuild No it woyld be foolish to rebuild a team when youre winning and foolish to think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, formerlyofCtown said: No it woyld be foolish to rebuild a team when youre winning and foolish to think so. I'm not saying they should, but it's the Bills. There is about a 50/50 chance they fail. I don't put a lot of stock in the staff right now, so it really boils down to the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) When you really go back and think about how hard the beginning of our schedule was it’s crazy @ Bal Chargers @ Min @ Gb ten @ Hou Then @ind ne chi ridiculous Edited January 1, 2019 by Brianmoorman4jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Trogdor said: I'm not saying they should, but it's the Bills. There is about a 50/50 chance they fail. I don't put a lot of stock in the staff right now, so it really boils down to the draft. I watched this team improve all year. I cant remember the last time I have seen that out of a Bills team. That is a result of this coaching staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: I watched this team improve all year. I cant remember the last time I have seen that out of a Bills team. That is a result of this coaching staff. Did you really see improvement? I saw a bad team finish the year on a very weak schedule. The game management, penalties, and missed plays we're just as bad. We clearly have different views. Improvement for me will be beating good teams consistently. Not just the Vikings in their weird blowout funk early this year. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Trogdor said: Did you really see improvement? I saw a bad team finish the year on a very weak schedule. The game management, penalties, and missed plays we're just as bad. We clearly have different views. Improvement for me will be beating good teams consistently. Not just the Vikings in their weird blowout funk early this year. Yup You have to watch how they playnot what the final score is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: I watched this team improve all year. I cant remember the last time I have seen that out of a Bills team. That is a result of this coaching staff. Last year they improved thru the year as well. That's why they won 9 games and got into the playoffs. This year was clearly a step back. Some of the decisions were just terrible. But they get another year to show some real progress which I think they will. Edited January 1, 2019 by nedboy7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, nedboy7 said: Last year they improved thru the year as well. That's why they won 9 games and got into the playoffs. This year was clearly a step back. Some of the decisions were just terrible. But they get another year to show some real progress which I think they will. True Incognito and Wood took serious steps back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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