Billsfan1972 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Went through 20 years of Offensive & Defensive Rankings below & see why it was such a rough patch..... Based on ranking in yards.   Offense Defense 2001 13 21 2002 11 15 2003 30 2 2004 25 2 2005 25 29 2006 30 18 2007 30 31 2008 25 14 2009 30 19 2010 25 24 2011 14 26 2012 19 22 2013 19 10 2014 26 4 2015 13 19 2016 16 19 2017 30 26 2018 29 2 2019 24 3 2020 4 10 Avg 21.9 15.8  On Defense Gregg Williams had the Bill #2 early in 2003/04 and were #4 in 2014 and McD had them #2 & #3 in 2018/19, but look at the Ofense.  24 or lower in 12 of 20 years..... This year being the first as a top 10 unit.  No wonder I was so starved for 300 yards & some offense.  So enjoying this year.... Well it is now 2021.....😉  Edited January 1, 2021 by Billsfan1972 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 So what’s your point...               😂 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Nice work. Yes, wasting tremendous defenses year after year... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 The organization is on its best footing in 25 years. Enjoy it right now!   4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Let it go, let it go-oooooooo.... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I am still skeptical and I truly don't want to be. I live in Chicago now and all of my associates are Bear's fans. They will come to work and say "I watched your Bills last night and they are for real" As much as I love hearing this, I am still scared! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Let it go, let it go-oooooooo.... Well 19 years of watching putrid offense seems to have numbed a lot of you..... 😉  As stated there were plenty of Sundays I wonndered why I bothered watching the team.   So happy many of you were okay with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 30th in offense and 26th in defense in 2017 and we busted the drought. Doesn't even make sense. That will be McDermott's greatest accomplishment until we win the Super Bowl.  5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said: Well 19 years of watching putrid offense seems to have numbed a lot of you..... 😉  As stated there were plenty of Sundays I wonndered why I bothered watching the team.   So happy many of you were okay with it.  Gregggg from 20 years ago ain’t got spit to do w these here new Bills.  Live in the past, die in the past. Onward and upward. Eyes forward. <<insert your own preferred cliche here>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said: Greg Williams  Gregg  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said: 30th in offense and 26th in defense in 2017 and we busted the drought. Doesn't even make sense. That will be McDermott's greatest accomplishment until we win the Super Bowl.  Playing between the 20's that year..... A # of blowouts and putrid performances....  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2017.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Just now, Billsfan1972 said: Playing between the 20's that year..... A # of blowouts and putrid performances....  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2017.htm  Oh yeah, it was an ugly squad that never realistically even stood a chance in the first round. But to get 9 wins was freaking blood from a stone. That team could have gone 3-13 or worse based on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Hucklebuck Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Because the organization ran like a Mom and Pop shop with things:  Promote from Within  Scanned a list of Names  Cash to Cap  Dust-Settler Free Agents  Watch the tape and correct mistakes  Sleeping when Free Agency starts  Marketing guy as GM  70-year old scout as GM  80-year old former Coach as GM  Running an outdated Tampa-2 defense with 225 pound linebackers  Director of Scouting not living in Buffalo, allowed to keep living in Florida  No-Stone unturned Coaching search that resulted in 5-days in Arizona  Regionalization of the team by sticking games in Toronto.   The Bills weren’t even in the league after Donahoe. They stopped trying completely. Edited January 1, 2021 by Straight Hucklebuck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 It's really just 'being a fan.'  We had an unusually long rough patch. But most teams have more rough patches than times of success. Even the might Patriots went through horrible stretches prior to their run.  And as for the mighty Patriots, I wouldn't trade being a Bills fan w/ any younger fan of theirs. Imagine growing up with nothing but winning. It's like being a trust-fund kid. How can you really appreciate it?  This season has been amazing for us - largely because of what we went through to get here. If we had drafted Allen (or a QB like him) right after Kelly and had this kind of season & team without a pause from those years, it wouldn't be nearly as satisfying.   1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Fixit Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I really like the Buffalo Bills football squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 That Jauron year where we somehow won 7 games going 30 and 31 in the ratings was really amazing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 And this is why some people don't get how important Offense(and QB) is.   Why do you think there is hope in LAC, Cincy, Jax.... Because they have QB's (Trevor Lawrence on the way)?  Being as bad as the Bills were on Offense for 19 years bore out in their records.  McD I will concede has seen the light this year and it is all because he has opened the Offense that this is happening.    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 41 minutes ago, Billsfan1972 said: Well 19 years of watching putrid offense seems to have numbed a lot of you..... 😉  As stated there were plenty of Sundays I wonndered why I bothered watching the team.   So happy many of you were okay with it.  I don't think anyone was/is OK with it.  It took 25yrs to find a franchise QB lots and lots of scrubs along the way.  Like someone said...Let it go...this team has a Great GM a Great Coach and a Franchise QB at last 14 minutes ago, Charles Romes said: That Jauron year where we somehow won 7 games going 30 and 31 in the ratings was really amazing. . Is that the year of the 6-3 Cleveland thriller? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 35 minutes ago, Jay_Fixit said: I really like the Buffalo Bills football squad. The BBFS is real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I have followed this team since day one. And the way I survived most of it is looking forward, not backward. And that's what I am doing now. Enjoy this ride lords and ladies, they don't come around that often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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