TwistofFate Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Buffalo's record dating back to last season is 7-2 in the last 9 games, with our only two losses at the hand of New England. If you factor in preseason this year, its 11-2. Definitely a culture shift...winning is becoming the expected norm. Go Bills! 9 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Yup. And this is why tanking like the Fins are doing is crazy, in my opinion: you’re setting a culture that the organization doesn’t care about winning. Beane traded pieces away to fix the cap and then, after a down season, dealt to move where he wanted to in the draft. Maintain a winning culture and getting the players you want. I think Beane did it right and McD kept the culture in tact during a challenging year. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, TwistofFate said: Buffalo's record dating back to last season is 7-2 in the last 9 games, with our only two losses at the hand of New England. If you factor in preseason this year, its 11-2. Definitely a culture shift...winning is becoming the expected norm. Go Bills! I like 11-4 -- the regular season W/L record since Peterman was traded and including Barkley's start vs. the Jets. I bet most NFL observers don't know that. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, eball said: I like 11-4 -- the regular season W/L record since Peterman was traded and including Barkley's start vs. the Jets. I bet most NFL observers don't know that. Yep. Regular season results only. Mention of preseason wins dilutes the discussion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Here's an interesting stat, I think this is the first time I ever heard somebody bring up the accomplishments of a Preseason in the middle of October. 4 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, wagon127 said: Here's an interesting stat, I think this is the first time I ever heard somebody bring up the accomplishments of a Preseason in the middle of October. Look at the bright side.....we aren’t talking about the draft already! ? 4 6 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocemur Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 minute ago, wagon127 said: Here's an interesting stat, I think this is the first time I ever heard somebody bring up the accomplishments of a Preseason in the middle of October. We're usually arguing over next year's draft by now. And you have no idea how happy I am not to see those threads. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsDude Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, wagon127 said: Here's an interesting stat, I think this is the first time I ever heard somebody bring up the accomplishments of a Preseason in the middle of October. Not true for me. I daily am walking around proudly in that 2019 Bills Pre-Season Champs shirt, and all my buddies and I are still partying daily over that huge success. It’s the first time we have won anything since the 90s, and we are puffing our chests out over that and raising our heads high. The ladies are swooning over us. Try it! Edited October 25, 2019 by BillsDude 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Interesting fact that they are 11-4 since Barkley vs Jets last year. 4 losses to Pats 2x, Jets and Fins are it since then. 2019 schedule has been favorable for sure but hey you can only beat who they schedule right? I noted in a post over offseason that if Bills could average 25 ppg scored and 18 ppg surrendered they would be on par with most AFC playoff teams last year. Bills are tracking on points surrendered (15.3) but need to average 28 ppg scored in last 10 games to reach 400 total pts scored in 2019 season. Should be noted that Bills scored that many (399) in Rex's last year. Some ST and D touchdowns mixed in with more production as Offense comes together should allow Bills to build a stronger point differential down the stretch. It all leads to winning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, TwistofFate said: Buffalo's record dating back to last season is 7-2 in the last 9 games, with our only two losses at the hand of New England. If you factor in preseason this year, its 11-2. Definitely a culture shift...winning is becoming the expected norm. Go Bills! Yep- it shows as the season goes on the team continues to improve! It also shows the culture change recognizes adversity and overcomes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 They were 4-3 last year starting with the Jets Barkley game & 5-1 this year, so it’s 9-4 since then, still very good. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, TwistofFate said: Buffalo's record dating back to last season is 7-2 in the last 9 games, with our only two losses at the hand of New England. If you factor in preseason this year, its 11-2. Definitely a culture shift...winning is becoming the expected norm. Go Bills! You had me until the "if you factor in preseason"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 “If you factor in preseason” Slap yourself one time for saying that. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 32 minutes ago, ngbills said: You had me until the "if you factor in preseason"... It is only pertinent to this discussion because we won them all. If we had a losing preseason record, not relevant. I find I always want to win preseason games. It does say something--granted, not much, but generally something good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 36 minutes ago, CSBill said: It is only pertinent to this discussion because we won them all. If we had a losing preseason record, not relevant. I find I always want to win preseason games. It does say something--granted, not much, but generally something good. No it doesn't say anything. Preseason games are designed to evaluate talent, and limit injuries, not to win games. I've seen teams in the past down by 3 in the 4th quarter, just kneel the ball to end the game. This stupid thread made me look back at what happened, and the Viking in no way cared if they won that 4th preseason game, and buffalo did. Resulting in an insane comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistofFate Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Preseason is an important thing, it allows you to gauge the depth of your roster. The point of factoring it in is to show this team expects to win whenever they step on the field. Go Bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxbomber21 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 How about this stat buffalo hasn't lost a game to a out of division team since Nov 3 2018 vs the bears thats including the preseason thats almost a full year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I mean a strong case can be made that this team is a Gilmore miss tackle or good special teams blocking play away from 7-0 this year. I look at this weekends game as being so huge for us because I cannot remember the last time we started 6-1 and missed the playoffs. I can recall fairly easily starting 5-1 and missing the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Or this stat. The Bills have only beaten 2 teams with a winning record over the past 22 games or 4 over the past 39 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistofFate Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, ngbills said: Or this stat. The Bills have only beaten 2 teams with a winning record over the past 22 games or 4 over the past 39 games. Learning to win is a process, and once winning becomes the norm, losing is not an option and you'll do whatever it takes to remain on top. Baby steps lead to a sprint. Im proud of this team and what they've done more than I have in a very LONG time, and I believe McD is the best person to lead us to the promised land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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