The Bills control their own destiny

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, Real McNasty said:

Absolute joke of a non call on Diggs there. 

 

That was a huge 2nd half spark for our team on both sides of the ball. I hope they carry that over to a 4 game win streak. If we play like that 2nd half the entire way out, sky is the limit. 

It’s sad really that one officiating screw job in one game can pretty much sink a teams whole season 

[Bruce Smith]

The refs did not sink us.....we sunk us.  

[ganesh]

1 minute ago, Bruce Smith said:

The refs did not sink us.....we sunk us.  

I agree...the Bills should have been brave to make the same throw they did to get TD for Davis and Knox.  They played conservative in that last 45 seconds of regulation

[Billznut]

29 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

It’s sad really that one officiating screw job in one game can pretty much sink a teams whole season 

I think the fact that the Bills didn’t show up the entire first half has far more to do with the loss today than any bad calls from the refs later on. But yes the refs sucked. They always do against us. But we didn’t show up. 

[Nextmanup]

19 minutes ago, Bruce Smith said:

The refs did not sink us.....we sunk us.  

If by "we" you mean our own coaching staff, I agree with you.

 

 

[JerseyBills]

Bump

 

Just want to put things in perspective,  we're the ******* Buffalo Bills,  we been here before,  we're alive and the only team stopping us is the Buffalo Bills 

[Bob Jones]

They don’t control their own destiny though. Pretty sure that they need help from other teams. IOW, they need the cards to fall "just right" for them to get in, even at 11-6. Correct me if I'm wrong....

[Dablitzkrieg]

4 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

Bump

 

Just want to put things in perspective,  we're the ******* Buffalo Bills,  we been here before,  we're alive and the only team stopping us is the Buffalo Bills 

Been where?  Losing? 🤣

[JerseyBills]

1 minute ago, Bob Jones said:

They don’t control their own destiny though. Pretty sure that they need help from other teams. IOW, they need the cards to fall "just right" for them to get in, even at 11-6. Correct me if I'm wrong....

5-0 , wecare guaranteed in (potential division title) 

4-1 about 70% , we control our destiny 

3 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Been where?  Losing? 🤣

Under flukey circumstances 

[Dablitzkrieg]

9 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

5-0 , wecare guaranteed in (potential division title) 

4-1 about 70% , we control our destiny 

Under flukey circumstances 

You are incorrect unfortunately.   There is a scenario where the Bills go 11-6 and still miss out.  Sorry 😞 

Edited November 29, 2023 by Dablitzkrieg

[Dan]

We’re digging up 2 year old threads now?   It’s gonna be a long 2 weeks. 

[Goin Breakdown]

This whole concept of controlling their own destiny is just wrong. It's to assume that the Bills would win because they choose to and to no regard to the opponents desire to win that same game. So, NO, they don't and never do. That's why games are played. 

[Success]

11 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

You are incorrect unfortunately.   There is a scenario where the Bills go 11-6 and still miss out.  Sorry 😞 

 

But, we all know that if they DO go 11-6, they're in.

 

So, there's that.

 

[JerseyBills]

3 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

This whole concept of controlling their own destiny is just wrong. It's to assume that the Bills would win because they choose to and to no regard to the opponents desire to win that same game. So, NO, they don't and never do. That's why games are played. 

Bet you had the same vibe at 7-6 in 21 

 

[zow2]

Root for Kansas City big over GB this weekend.  You don’t want KC coming in off a loss to play the Bills.

[Dablitzkrieg]

33 minutes ago, Success said:

 

But, we all know that if they DO go 11-6, they're in.

 

So, there's that.

 

You must have not read what you quoted.  That's ok 👍🏽 

[chongli]

39 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Root for Kansas City big over GB this weekend.  You don’t want KC coming in off a loss to play the Bills.

 

I am not sure if that matters. Buffalo lost two in a row to Cincinnati and Denver.

[TFBillsfan]

34 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Root for Kansas City big over GB this weekend.  You don’t want KC coming in off a loss to play the Bills.

KC will want to deliver a knock out punch against the Bills as a victory over the Bills will likely knock them out of the playoffs. Unfortunately this team has shown they aren’t capable of going on a run this season. The coaching blunders and self inflicted mistakes IMO are just going to be too much to overcome. While I want them to do it, I think it’s more likely they finish 9-8. The losses to NYJ, NE, Den and Philly were just atrocious losses. The D gave up 30 points after halftime! 30 freakin points!

[Dirtyd415]

The bills have only strung together a 3 game winning streak this year, and fans are expecting them to go on a 5 game run against the most difficult remaining schedule in football?  Delusional thinking.  One game at a time, just don’t see it happening with the previous conference losses to the jets NE and the Jags already.  

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

1 hour ago, Bob Jones said:

They don’t control their own destiny though. Pretty sure that they need help from other teams. IOW, they need the cards to fall "just right" for them to get in, even at 11-6. Correct me if I'm wrong....

After looking at remaining schedules 11 wins is a WC, maybe 10 with a tie breaker. There are some late season surprises like AZ and play between the other contenders. 

 

if they win out they get in. 

[Warcodered]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

Root for Kansas City big over GB this weekend.  You don’t want KC coming in off a loss to play the Bills.

I don't care if we took a ***** in their cereal the morning of, it's the season win the ***** game.

[90sBills]

3 hours ago, JerseyBills said: 

Under flukey circumstances 

If it keeps happening is it really ‘flukey’?

[nedboy7]

Bills are basically in the playoffs.  Need lots of luck to win the rest.  Any win at this point makes the next one meaningful. Would be awesome to spank the Chiefs.  

[Governor]

5 minutes ago, nedboy7 said:

Bills are basically in the playoffs.  Need lots of luck to win the rest.  Any win at this point makes the next one meaningful. Would be awesome to spank the Chiefs.  

We’re basically in the playoffs? How do you figure?

[nedboy7]

3 minutes ago, Governor said:

We’re basically in the playoffs? How do you figure?

Meaning we can’t lose another game. 

[Goin Breakdown]

11 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

Bet you had the same vibe at 7-6 in 21 

 

I did. Just turns out they pulled it off. 

[Captain Hindsight]

7 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I did. Just turns out they pulled it off. 

Any chance you have 5 random numbers to share?

[Goin Breakdown]

5 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Any chance you have 5 random numbers to share?

Maybe I don't know what your saying. What I'm saying is that destiny isn't a thing in football. Both teams come to play so in that The Bills don't control anything. 

[iinii]

On 12/11/2021 at 3:11 PM, Matt_In_NH said:

hey if you want an optimistic viewpoint, the Bills with 5 games to do, win the division if they win the rest of their games on the schedule.   Are they where we want or expected them to be right now, no we all know that.   Obviously this can change tomorrow but if you want to have an optimistic view, this is it...win your games.

Winning out doesn’t guarantee a division crown. Your math is flawed. Miami can lose to the Bills and still have a better record, which would negate a supposed tie breaker or better record. 

[Sestak4ever]

3 minutes ago, iinii said:

Winning out doesn’t guarantee a division crown. Your math is flawed. Miami can lose to the Bills and still have a better record, which would negate a supposed tie breaker or better record. 

That post was from 2021.

[iinii]

Just now, Sestak4ever said:

That post was from 2021.

I realize that now. No wonder it was delusional 

[Sestak4ever]

2 minutes ago, iinii said:

I realize that now. No wonder it was delusional 

Caught me off guard initially also

[H2o]

17 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

Bump

 

Just want to put things in perspective,  we're the ******* Buffalo Bills,  we been here before,  we're alive and the only team stopping us is the Buffalo Bills 

In 2021 we had a healthy Milano, a younger Poyer, a younger Hyde, and Star flippin Lotulelei on defense. What did you think was going to happen? Seriously though, Josh also had his #1 homey Brian Daboll as his OC. They were clicking back then and this situation is completely different.

[Bills!Win!]

In 2020 the bills had an 8 game winning streak until they lost the afc championship game 

 

in 2021 the bills had a 5 game winning streak until they lost in the divisional round

 

in 2022 the bills had an 8 game winning streak until they lost in the divisional round 

 

It can be done

 

 

Edited November 29, 2023 by Bills!Win!

[Buffalo03]

20 hours ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

You are incorrect unfortunately.   There is a scenario where the Bills go 11-6 and still miss out.  Sorry 😞 

How many teams need to miss the bus for that to happen, though?

[Dablitzkrieg]

5 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

How many teams need to miss the bus for that to happen, though?

Cleveland,  Denver, Pittsburgh,  and Cincy

[uticaclub]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

How many teams need to miss the bus for that to happen, though?

 

2 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Cleveland,  Denver, Pittsburgh,  and Cincy

Don't forgot about Indy. If you play with ESPN Machine, we are going to need a lot of upsets to go our way. We need a lot more to happen than most think.

Edited November 29, 2023 by uticaclub

[Alphadawg7]

On 12/11/2021 at 1:11 PM, Matt_In_NH said:

hey if you want an optimistic viewpoint, the Bills with 5 games to do, win the division if they win the rest of their games on the schedule.   Are they where we want or expected them to be right now, no we all know that.   Obviously this can change tomorrow but if you want to have an optimistic view, this is it...win your games.

 

Love the optimism, but Bills can't win the division if they win out and are not even assured of making the playoffs if we win out.  We need Miami to lose 2 of their next 5 if I am not mistaken for shot at division and we need some other teams to lose as we are currently 10th in the AFC, so we both need to win out and need some help.  

 

But I do think we will win out, and that should get us in the playoffs and I think we at least make the AFCCG if we make the playoffs.  So I am with you on the optimism in general

Edited November 29, 2023 by Alphadawg7

[Dablitzkrieg]

26 minutes ago, uticaclub said:

 

Don't forgot about Indy. If you play with ESPN Machine, we are going to need a lot of upsets to go our way. We need a lot more to happen than most think.

I did forget about them.  Good call

[Buffalo03]

50 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Cleveland,  Denver, Pittsburgh,  and Cincy

That's my point, though. There's one scenario where we don't get it. Literally all 5 teams in front of would have to be great going forward 

Edited November 29, 2023 by Buffalo03