Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 See my other post to understand why I am emerging from this heartbreaking loss actually optimistic: What I saw, and why I am actually optimistic after this Bucs game I could be wrong on this, and that is fine if I am...but I honestly am quite confident that we will win out looking at our schedule and based on what I said in the thread linked above. Obviously, Pats game on paper is our toughest test over the final 4 games, but I think if the weather isn't as big of a factor as it was the first game that we will beat them decisively, especially if the offense we showed in the 2nd half of the Bucs game is here to stay. Panthers, Falcons, and Jets are all teams I expect to win by double digits. NOTE: All of this assumes Josh misses no time with the turf toe. 6 3 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 No one should be predicting this team going on any kind of a streak after how inconsistent they have been all year. Just not gonna happen. 4 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 This is probably the 3rd week in a row someone has said this. 3 2 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Bangarang said: This is probably the 3rd week in a row someone has said this. Yea well no one has said we are winning out AND winning the super bowl! Now I did so take it to the bank! .... (no please don't do this lol) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Not really a bold prediction or unique take. What is the point of this thread exactly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeLLy1278 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I predicted this a few weeks ago. The Bills will finish 11-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blainorama5 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 You convinced me! I'm headin' over to my bookie right now!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, FireChans said: No one should be predicting this team going on any kind of a streak after how inconsistent they have been all year. Just not gonna happen. Well I just did...we will see how it plays out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Blainorama5 said: You convinced me! I'm headin' over to my bookie right now!!! Small font caused me to read 'bookie' as 'boozie'. I wonder how much of that is a Freudian slip. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 i love the pma! tbh, the only reason why i'm not entirely shutting down football for the season is that i think mccoach put the boots to his assistants and is now our DC and "pass run allocation" coordinator 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, FireChans said: No one should be predicting this team going on any kind of a streak after how inconsistent they have been all year. Just not gonna happen. 1 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Process said: Not really a bold prediction or unique take. What is the point of this thread exactly? To have something positive on this board...the doom and gloom is over the top, and the reality is we probably will actually win out. Yet most this board has given up on the season. Predicting a win out before was not rooted in reality. We still had 3 tough games on the schedule in 2 Pats games and the Bucs game. That was just people talking with optimism. And right now, there is a reason to think we will actually win out...and now its also more important that we do given the situation the team finds itself in right now. So, that is the point...not about being BOLD...about actually posting something here that isn't some over the top hot take of panic and misery and actually a more realistic view of what is possible this year still. So that is the point... 3 1 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, ALLEN1QB said: I bet you clap every time mcdermott claps during the game. What kind of Kool-aid is it? Geezus...people still obsessive over McD clapping? Talk about something people need to let go and move on from lol 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DQW87 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'm calling it now......we play well in spurts, followed by inconsistent undisciplined play. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 If they get by NE then winning out is probable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Thanks OP, I agree and hope you bring this thread back out at the end of the regular season to remind all resident trolls TBD isn’t just a place for doom & gloom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Well if true it’s gonna cost a lot of money to grease 4 officiating crews. Edited December 13, 2021 by nedboy7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theRalph Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I agree. The team, in its heart, has to know that it needed to win a close game. All the double-digit wins were actually a bit damaging because the team wasn't challenged. Then the losses came and the team HAD to have thought "maybe we aren't so good with no wins against quality opponents". I imagine there was even the irrational circumstance of testing themselves with self-inflicted deficits. I think this entire process bottomed-out at halftime. Some sort of switch seemed to be flipped right after. Never mind the ***** officiating — Scott Novak should be tied to a seat in the 300s for the winter, that ***** — but I believe the Buffalo Bills finally proved to themselves what they've tried to prove all season: They can come from behind and compete with a quality opponent. And they finally did it against the SB champions and the facelift king. And yes, they will run the table. They've woken from the nightmare. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Brown Eye Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 33 minutes ago, FireChans said: No one should be predicting this team going on any kind of a streak after how inconsistent they have been all year. Just not gonna happen. It’s football. Anything can happen week to week. We can certainly win out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, theRalph said: I agree. The team, in its heart, has to know that it needed to win a close game. All the double-digit wins were actually a bit damaging because the team wasn't challenged. Then the losses came and the team HAD to have thought "maybe we aren't so good with no wins against quality opponents". I imagine there was even the irrational circumstance of testing themselves with self-inflicted deficits. I think this entire process bottomed-out at halftime. Some sort of switch seemed to be flipped right after. Never mind the ***** officiating — Scott Novak should be tied to a seat in the 300s for the winter, that ***** — but I believe the Buffalo Bills finally proved to themselves what they've tried to prove all season: They can come from behind and compete with a quality opponent. And they finally did it against the SB champions and the facelift king. And yes, they will run the table. They've woken from the nightmare. I agree and made reference to all that too in the linked post I put here in my OP. I didnt want to retype all the same stuff here, so just linked it. But I definitely see this the same way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat68 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Lets save all the 1 score wins for January and Feb. That second half was the best the team played since Kc. They keep that kind of play up they absolutely can win out. Buffalo will be a scary matchup for anyone if they get hot. Some fans are pessimistic, I would rather be optimistic. 3 game Buffalo will be favored by 10 plus Ne certainly is beatable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: No disrespect to the OP, but that was premature. We had 3 tough games remaining and had not really shown we can play to our potential yet against top tier opponents. In previous losses that were popularly called here by many of us as potential "wake up" games, we had not actually bounced back in any of those games the way we did with the Bucs. Our struggles were throughout those games, and we hoped they would figure out in practice and film study. Bucs game, we flipped a switch and mostly dominated the second half on both sides of the ball until the refs stole the game from us at end of regulation. This feels different given how we fought back and seemed to figure some things out in that second half. Hence my reason for optimism...this reminds me of the Cardinals loss last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK Fan Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 45 minutes ago, Bangarang said: This is probably the 3rd week in a row someone has said this. Some people started saying this before the season and then after every loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Us right now... Us at 4:30 PM Sunday... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Who am I to argue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Well, I'd certainly be excited if that happened. The season has been a bit cruel thus far. Winning out & taking the division would erase a lot of the pain & disappointment to this point. Actually, it would erase it completely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 No confidence in any type of run with the way this year has gone. Beat Carolina and see where you are at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said: See my other post to understand why I am emerging from this heartbreaking loss actually optimistic: What I saw, and why I am actually optimistic after this Bucs game I could be wrong on this, and that is fine if I am...but I honestly am quite confident that we will win out looking at our schedule and based on what I said in the thread linked above. Obviously, Pats game on paper is our toughest test over the final 4 games, but I think if the weather isn't as big of a factor as it was the first game that we will beat them decisively, especially if the offense we showed in the 2nd half of the Bucs game is here to stay. Panthers, Falcons, and Jets are all teams I expect to win by double digits. NOTE: All of this assumes Josh misses no time with the turf toe. As someone who doesnt dissect every thread title and content, i appreciate this thread.. i like and share your optimism.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanSD Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Obviously it would be great to win out. And this team is good enough that's it's certainly capable of doing so. We're going to be heavy favorites in three of these games, and I like our chances to get the split with NE (although that's still a tough game of course). That said, I'll be honest that I'm kind of pessimistic. Despite what we saw in the second half yesterday, this team just doesn't seem to have clicked. This season feels like a very slightly better version of one of those innumerable drought seasons where we're "in the hunt" up until about the second to last week of the season only to get bounced due to one too many inexcusable or fluky losses. The obvious difference is that we have a top-shelf QB on the roster so there's good reason for optimism going forward, even if this year feels like a bit of a wasted season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blainorama5 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 59 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Small font caused me to read 'bookie' as 'boozie'. I wonder how much of that is a Freudian slip. 🤔 I hear ya brother! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corta765 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 52 minutes ago, Greg S said: If they get by NE then winning out is probable. I can see it. Beating NE would be a huge momentum piece to finish the last two games with 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biLLyBuFFs Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Love the positive, being a realist though..The Bills are probably not winning the Pats game IN Foxboro. This year has had a let down vibe ever since Henry showed the rest of the league how weak our Run D is. That and the coaches don’t seem to be on the same page at all with game planning. Jags loss was truly inexcusable for this Team. Hopefully they can but, man..the Bills are in the funkiest of funk right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Feelin’ ya, A-Dawg! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blainorama5 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, biLLyBuFFs said: man..the Bills are in the funkiest of funk right now. That's a lot of funk! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Okay, you aren't alone... but at least let's all talk about it in one place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, biLLyBuFFs said: Love the positive, being a realist though..The Bills are probably not winning the Pats game IN Foxboro. This year has had a let down vibe ever since Henry showed the rest of the league how weak our Run D is. That and the coaches don’t seem to be on the same page at all with game planning. Jags loss was truly inexcusable for this Team. Hopefully they can but, man..the Bills are in the funkiest of funk right now. Beating the Pats at NE will be tough. But the 2nd half yesterday showed when the Bills play to their ability they are capable of beating anyone. Almost pulling off a comeback against Tampa with Brady was impressive. They can definitely beat the Pats with Jones who is nowhere near the QB Brady is. They will have to play their "A" game. Anything less and they probably lose. Belichick's teams usually don't beat themselves with stupid mistakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman Kelly Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Anyone who is predicting that this inconsistent team will 4 games in a row, at a point when they absolutely need to do so, is pretty optimistic, but not very realistic. The Bills are one injury away from missing the playoffs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Thurman Kelly said: Anyone who is predicting that this inconsistent team will 4 games in a row, at a point when they absolutely need to do so, is pretty optimistic, but not very realistic. The Bills are one injury away from missing the playoffs. So is every team fighting to make the playoffs with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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