Einstein's Dog Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Lost interest? Hell, no! The Bills are an excellent team and look to be a contender for the next decade! Everything pro football is interesting now. I could see New England fans pretending it's no longer interesting, that the NFL has somehow changed. But this is a great time for any long time Bills fans!! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, gonzo1105 said: I’d say this SB was less interesting because there was no evil villain to be slayed imo There were no marquee players on both teams...the only exception being Donald. Recent super bowls have had the darlings of media in Brady, Mahomes, participating in the super bowl. Not this time Just now, Einstein's Dog said: Lost interest? Hell, no! The Bills are an excellent team and look to be a contender for the next decade! Everything pro football is interesting now. I could see New England fans pretending it's no longer interesting, that the NFL has somehow changed. But this is a great time for any long time Bills fans!! Circling the Wagons. Go Bills ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, billsfan89 said: Serious question. Was there ever an era or year where you thought officiating by the NFL was good? Yes.. just an opinion, but growing up and watching both the AFL and NFL in the sixties, early seventies,do not recall anything close to the dialogue fans have now about the officiating.. it was kind of "seen and not heard".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I’ve never had more interest in the NFL…it’s really the only sport I follow these days…and when has it ever been a better time to be a Bills fan? We have stable ownership and a 25-year old quarterback who is already the best player in the league and has the potential to be the best ever… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, zow2 said: No, it's the opposite. I have lost much of my interest in NHL, MLB, NCAA Hoops....zero interest in NBA. So basically my interest in the NFL is at an all time high and I'm bummed out that we basically have 6 months of nothing. I'm with this opinion - I don't really watch *any* other sports (ok, skate and snowboarding because work, but not like, any other stick and ball sports), so the NFL, nay, the Buffalo Bills is really it for me. I follow the league closely, at the beginning of the season I'll watch game after game. By about week 3 I'm in just Buffalo Bills mode though! I'm currently trying to work out some sort of a hyperbolic chamber I can hop into until Draft Day... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I don't like the NFL; I just love the ***** Buffalo Bills. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 DVR and mute bottom has vastly improve watching the NFL for me. Start watching an hour or so in and can avoid pre-game, halftime shlock, nauseating ads and insufferable announcers. …..only caveat is no phone checking. Which is not a problem for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak-O Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: More than just football. Mostly other places here... Fair enough. I've never really set foot in the other sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I agree with Kidd_4 - "Over officiated, watered down product. ....., it’s becoming a reality show instead of a sport. And i feel like with the NFL hand in the pot with legal gambling it’s only gonna get worse." Too many years of watching New England get away with so many penalties while their opponents get called for BS and the outcome of games clearly decided by officiating. The NFL is just a richer and more sophisticated version of the WWE. Like Goodell says, they're not in the sporting industry as much as they are the entertainment industry. I used to go to 2 (or more) games a year, play fantasy football, and invest a lot of money on merchandise but not anymore, just can't invest in a crooked product. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Riv Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 My interest has been waning since Bill Polian got the rules changed for what constitutes DPI. That watered down the game from a competition stand point and brought bad officiating into the spotlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_In_NH Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 The volume of activity on this forum answers the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) Living in Denver for a long time, I have become a Broncos fan as well, mostly because the Bills could never get their act together. After the Broncos won the SB in 2015, I kind of lost interest in football for a few seasons.... probably filled that void from 91-95 series of sadness... Then Josh Allen became a Bill. Faith restored. Now the Broncos are circa 2000-2016 "Billsy".... LOL I hope I lose interest again after Josh Allen bringing one home... but I doubt it, too much fun to be part of! Here's hoping! Edited February 15, 2022 by B-Large Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I have more interest than ever maybe. I have an appreciation for NFL history now too and there is so much great stuff out there from the 50s-on. Its wonderful that the Bills are relevant and a part of the league. It no longer feels like I am watching something my favorite team has become untethered to. The sport itself is highly entertaining. It actually seems to be entering somewhat of a Golden Era with all these ridiculous young quarterbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Absolutely not. I love the game of football. I will watch college football from sun up to sundown, and I will do the same with NFL football. Although I don't go out of my way to watch Thursday night football. I agree with several other posters here when they say it was different when I was a kid. The anticipation and build-up for every weekend was thrilling, and what was going to happen on Monday night. Unlike the other team sports, where you could watch them all the time, with football, you had to wait all week to see the next games. It was fun. It still is fun, yet as I've gotten older I am not as savvy as I used to be. Yet I still have fun watching the games and have just as much fun going to the games. Now I will admit that there are things that have been going on lately that do turn me off. The over officiating. The pussification of quarterbacks. Players celebrating after they make a tackle. Unbearable studio analysts who think they are funny. The political and social justice crap that the NFL force feeds us. All of that has taken a toll on the game. I will continue to watch, because I still love the game of football. It's entertaining and fun, and that's what it's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKemp Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Lombardi Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I root for Buffalo, and the Bills/NFL as a part of that. If the NFL had no team in Buffalo, I am sure I would dust off my Scrabble board for some titillating Sunday afternoon action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, mannc said: a 25-year old quarterback who is already the best player in the league and has the potential to be the best ever… I think it just moved… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, blitzboy54 said: I think there is still a lot of postpartum depression after the way we lost at KC. This should have been the year and after watching Championship and SB it is obvious to me the Bills would have won. This was the case for me….sucked the interest out of the rest of the playoffs and SB …. Didn’t really care who won the SB, and of course the refs had their typical impact on the game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I go to youtube and watch Josh Allen highlights every day ! They are so pleasing and refreshing....And watching the 7-TD game against the Patriots is like Nirvana! Go Bills ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 The move from being an underdog team with no expectations to a team with high expectations has certainly made it all different. The only real visceral reactions I can recall this season was what I considered the low… loss to Pats, when it seem possible the season was just over, and the high, when Allen hit Gabe in the EZ for that TD. Then it got low again after the coin toss. Now I’m just excited to see what next year will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 NO! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Are you losing interest in the NFL ? let's see.... the bills are finally good i won my fantasy league doing well on my caesars app ANSWER: HELL NO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Nope. The only time I became close to disinterested in football was during the Bills' Tyrod-era. Never before and certainly not after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolhouserock Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 No. Ask me again when Josh Allen announces his retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) Not at all. Learning that an NFL owner is corrupt and trying to cheat should have stopped being a surprise for you when you learned what the Patriots were doing all those years ago, and then again after the multiple Patriots scandals since then. If anything, this shows that they will do anything to win. Ross wanted to tank to get a better draft pick to help them win. Tanking is nothing new. We know organizations want to tank sometimes. It's not that big of a deal to tank. But paying your coach to tank is idiotic. The NFL has never been more interesting for me. For years I lamented that there were no young up-and-coming QB's in the league to take over the elite status from guys like Manning, Brees, Brady, etc. Now we have a bunch of guys like Allen, Mahomes, Herbert, Burrow, etc. For years I wanted the Bills to be good, and now they are. So this is prime NFL interest for me. Edited February 15, 2022 by MJS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 R U Serious? I've been a Buffalo Bills fan for so long... waited and watched this franchise for so many seasons under an owner who thought it was more profitable to keep the fans just on the edge of winning...while keeping butts in the seats. Wanna know the reason as to why the franchise hired Chan Gailey? Because Chan told the owner he could win games without star players! He believed him. The Buffalo Bills currently have very wealthy owners and while concerned about the team making a profit...their living isn't dependent upon it. They are determined to field a winning team, win a super bowl. The Buffalo Bills have not only found a franchise QB under a wizard of a GM...they might have found one of the best to ever play the position. Has the NFL ever seen a QB play a perfect playoff game?...he had more TDs then incompletions against the hated division rival New England Patriots! Josh Allen, 21 of 25 for 308 yards, 5 TDs passing, 66 yards rushing. becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 300 yards, run for 60 yards, and have five touchdowns passes in a playoff game. No Punts... While Stephon Diggs was being doubled against KC in the next playoff game, his teammate WR Gabe Davis did something that NFL great WR Jerry Rice had never done... that was catch an NFL record four touch down passes in a playoff game. No NFL fan on earth wanted to see that Divisional playoff game between Buffalo and Kansas city end...36-42. Buffalo lost a heartbreaker. Only to be bored beyond belief watching the SB between two third place teams. Actually at 10-7, the Bengals were behind Tennessee 12-5, Kansas 12-5, Buffalo 11-6. So, the SB sucked a bit. It is a great time to be an NFL fan and especially a Buffalo Bills fan! Great owners, great GM, HC, great players. You now... might be able to surmise my answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Anyone who stuck by this team in the 70's, 84-85, and the 17 straight playoff less seasons isn't losing interest now. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan_in_tx Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said: Even shows about the NFL have less and less to do with football and seem more like the nightly news. Domestic Violence, COVID, fatal DWI/manslaughter...list goes on and on. Remember when football was an escape for a few hours from the real world issues? This is the point.. Early NFL was an escape that the everyday person could enjoy and build tradition upon with their families. The family concept is disappearing in the US and so are the institutions that support it. Going to game day in Buffalo in many ways is still enjoyable however there is that faction of people in every NFL city that ruins the experience for the typical family of 4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 If you are experiencing these symptoms it's probably: https://www.verywellmind.com/things-to-do-if-you-feel-a-loss-of-interest-5093337 or just text 42424 and enter APPEAL for a complimentary bottle of like NFL again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Landing Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Until someone can find a better way to get my family to leave me alone for three hours on a Sunday-- no, I will not be losing interest anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 The Bills finally hit the trifecta: GM, HC, and QB. Losing interest? Not a chance. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleTheWagons99 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 5 hours ago, nedboy7 said: Yes. I had zero interest in the SB this year. I am starting to get the feeling the league has really become corrupt at a systemic level. The NFL is now a reflection of mega capitalism and our world in general. And according to the media and a lot of narratives, if you are against billionaires manipulating reality then you are against a free market or even a socialist. Oddly enough about half the people I talk to about the NFL are realizing it has gotten quite obvious. I will still watch every Bills moment even while having doubts the league will ever let them win it all. I could be completely overboard here but the product has really soured my perception. and I can totally respect this type of take as well. I think you may be completely overboard here. What you are suggesting is that all these games are fixed. That seems odd given the blatant PI non-call on Higgins when the Bengals scored a TD. True, the refs only found their whistles in the last 2 minutes of the game, and that's maddening, but the Rams still had to get the ball into the redzone to draw the questionable PI call, which could have been a makeup for the non-call on Higgins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 5 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: +1. I go to a few home games, but other times don't even watch. Just multi-task, follow Bills GameCast on ESPN.com, etc... Even during SuperBowl, I went grocery shopping at end of 1st quarter and still made it home for 1/2 time show. And I wasn't glued to TV until maybe when Rams got a free set of downs on ticky-tackyness. Ironic? 😆 I sit down and the flags and offsetting BS starts! 😆🤣😂 How history repeats itself 40 years later: lots of teams/fans that lose gripe about officiating. Seattle did it in 2005, I'm sure others as well. it's like they forgot about the bad calls that went their way during the game. Ref inconsistency is the issue, and all consequential plays (TDs, first downs at end of half's with alleged play-impacting penalties or non-calls) should be reviewable by a committee of refs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I haven't lost interest but I take Bills losses, even bad losses better. I'll think about it after but go about my day like normal. I didn't watch any of Conference Championships games because I was still feeling the loss in the divisional round. I'm glad that Ozarks just came out, along with Kobra Cai and Narcos in the last 2 months. That got me through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 It's gotten too big for its britches in many ways and it's annoying. As long as the Bills don't become a sleezy organization like the Pats or WFT, I won't lose interest. And I have additional interest in other leagues forming, like the AAF and XFL did, and the USFL now. I want more football, not less football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benderbender Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I lost interest for a while in the NFL with the tuck rule. Didn’t help that we were only toes deep in the drought but for it to be so blatant and wrong was disconcerting. But it’s not just the NFL. Everybody got into it. The UFC in the 2000s when St.Pierre smothered the top of his head in petroleum jelly to pass guards. Baseball in the 90s when it was obviously juiced. Then, ironically, I was just getting back into MLB when the Astros cheated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 My passion for the Bills has never waned and with Allen it will continue. My passion didn't go down during the drought. The number of times I can see them live is few but I rarely go a whole year without seeing a game or two in Buffalo or on the road. I was at NY Jets and at the Pats playoff game this year from Portland OR. As for the NFL, I lost interest in the NFL years ago. Most of the games are awful. The pregame and halftime coverage when I do see it is just terrible. Ridiculous hyperbolic soundbites. Total waste of time. The officiating is terrible. No I don't believe there is a conspiracy for or against certain teams or players, I just think the quality is bad and the judgment calls are too variable. Being on the West coast, the Thursday and Monday night games are half over by the time I am home from work. College has far better great matchups and games to choose from. If I watch football, it is college on Saturday, the Bills and that is it. When my kids were home then I would watch Seattle with my second son. Now that he is in college I don't even watch Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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