nedboy7 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I think it's called PTSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 wait... are we picked to win unanimously this weekend? who knew.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badassgixxer05 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: All of the ESPN pregame crew picked us to win. My brother and I shot nervous glances at each other. Same.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 13 hours ago, BillsRdue said: It sucks when all the experts pick us to win. First it was the Patriots in New England. The Upset Bird was hovering everything and Bills faithful were ready to finally get the monkey off their back. Then we storm into Houston with all the experts betting on the dog again. And we lay a doberman size turd in the 4th quarter to crush the bets and the hearts of Bills fans everywhere. It seems when everyone gets high on the Bills, we somehow reach a new low. I hope next year is not that "This is the Bills year" with the national media. I think the Bills do better in the underdog, chip on their shoulder role. I still haven't had the heart to watch the All-22 or the replay of this game yet, but have been dissecting everyone's comments all week. It sucks to be talking draft and FA's when we should be talking about the Chiefs. I honestly think we would have had a shot. Mahomes hasn't been the same with his injury. I think we'd lose but wouldn't get blown out. Probably 27-20 or something like that. I tell you this, this flex to nationally televised Night or Saturday game BS really undermines my Sunday ticket subscription value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFlutie Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, LSHMEAB said: There's a kernel of truth here, although it's largely just a "feeling." "Experts" are generally in line with what the betting public is thinking, and when the betting PUBLIC likes the Bills, it usually doesn't go well. From my view point as a sportsbook ticket writer, the REALLY good teams win/cover even when everyone is on them. That last sentence is key. I'm not sure I get the premise of the thread. Are we supposed to be underdogs all the way to the Super Bowl? What about the next year? Would no one pick a Super Bowl winner to win the next season? Are we only allowed to be good one year? Edited January 10, 2020 by BringBackFlutie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, Foxx said: wait... are we picked to win unanimously this weekend? who knew.... guess i missed the earlier week when every expert picked the Bills to win at New England i think it was "not" win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Plenty of “experts” picked Houston though...selective memory I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Ammendment NoMas Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Kemp said: What the experts pick or don't pick only matter to the superstitious and superstition is for the weak of mind. Can you please relay this to our players, it would be sincerely appreciated. There are some high-level meetings you can attend to help get this monkey off our back. Also, talk to McD about his fear of Bellicheck. Once you release him of this fear, we should be good to go for 2020. 13 minutes ago, JoPoy88 said: Plenty of “experts” picked Houston though...selective memory I guess. Pre-game show, every one of the SOB's went with Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 14 hours ago, Bangarang said: You’d rather they gave us no respect and picked us to lose every week? Isn’t that what everyone bashed the media for? Now we are complianting they pick us to win? It’s hard keeping up sometimes. Sometimes I wonder if fans here really want to be a good team. Seems like some have trouble handling the national attention. Good teams get hype and picked to play the nationally televised and prime time games. I like that. I don’t miss being the bad team that was mocked and got nothing but 1pm games. Exactly....we want and should strive to be nationally relevant. We want primetime games. We should embrace this love finally coming. Maybe as Josh improves we'll finally get some ref love too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dablitzkrieg Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 15 hours ago, BillsRdue said: It sucks when all the experts pick us to win. First it was the Patriots in New England. The Upset Bird was hovering everything and Bills faithful were ready to finally get the monkey off their back. Then we storm into Houston with all the experts betting on the dog again. And we lay a doberman size turd in the 4th quarter to crush the bets and the hearts of Bills fans everywhere. It seems when everyone gets high on the Bills, we somehow reach a new low. I hope next year is not that "This is the Bills year" with the national media. I think the Bills do better in the underdog, chip on their shoulder role. I still haven't had the heart to watch the All-22 or the replay of this game yet, but have been dissecting everyone's comments all week. It sucks to be talking draft and FA's when we should be talking about the Chiefs. I honestly think we would have had a shot. Mahomes hasn't been the same with his injury. I think we'd lose but wouldn't get blown out. Probably 27-20 or something like that. Don't worry, nobody will be picking the Bills to win this week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 53 minutes ago, BillsRdue said: Can you please relay this to our players, it would be sincerely appreciated. There are some high-level meetings you can attend to help get this monkey off our back. Also, talk to McD about his fear of Bellicheck. Once you release him of this fear, we should be good to go for 2020. Pre-game show, every one of the SOB's went with Buffalo. That’s like 3-4 dudes. Literally every NFL outlet across all media types in the country pick the games. Plenty of those dudes picked Houston. Your premise is false (or poorly worded.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthomas Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Some internet digging: You mentioned ESPN, 6 out of 10 espn experts picked the Texans. On espn's site the headline is how the Bills can get the upset victory over the Texans. https://www.espn.com/chalk/insider/story/_/id/28411692/nfl-wild-card-upset-picks-how-bills-beat-texans Another article states majority of experts pick Texans: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bills-vs-texans-predictions-majority-of-nfl-experts-pick-houston-to-beat-buffalo/ar-BBYB6rZ 5 of 6 Sports Illustrated picked Texans 6 of 8 SB Nation picked Texans 4 of 7 USA Today picked Texans... Sources below. Thats not to say the ESPN tv crew on the field didnt all pick the Bills because they did. But that 1 channels on field tv team isn't the same as the national conglomerate of experts out there. This game wasnt as one sided in the national media as you claim. This wasnt like Superbowl 25 where everyone thought our Bills would light up the Giants & we were favored by 7. Like i said earlier, Texans were favored by 3. So yeah i totally disagree with your premise since 4 espn field personalities arent the same as all the NFL experts. There isnt a dark cloud over us. We didnt embarrass ourselves or reach a new low. It was a very close game between 2 good teams & it went back & forth & couldve been decided either way on any number of different plays. We'll get em next time & I bet if we get there again next season, the majority of experts will pick us instead. Because our schedule is a lot tougher next year & we'll have earned it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I'm sure the experts picked us to beat the Dolphins the first time around. And the Redskins. We won those games. Their picks have no bearing on the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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