Does any part of you miss the losing?

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

You’re a party of one …. However, I will admit to being more entertained by the vitriol spewed on sports talk radio after egregious losses 😂

[Simon]

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

The losing was a debt paid and investment of pain into what is the improbable meteoric rise we see finally now.   
 

I get the point I think you might be eluding to..  Its easy to pay a little less attention now, there’s not a lot of drama, easy to accept the front office and team are doing all the right things… the results are there- the locker room is harmonious. 
 

it’s such a well run org top to bottom… 
 

that’s a relief and a lot less work to keep up with 😉 

[mbs]

18 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

It’s strange, but in some ways I enjoyed the games more when I didn’t expect to win. I wanted the Bills to win, but I didn’t expect it. So, I enjoyed the wins more and the losses were a lot less gutting. 

The solution to this problem is to win by three scores.

 

But I know what you mean. When Orton won that game in Detroit, I was over the moon. Crazy how disappointed I would be to see a game like that on Thanksgiving.

[BADOLBILZ]

 

I missed the Bills not being a SB contender from 2000-2020...........never missed the Bills losing and never will.........the pathetic 84'-85' seasons would have been enough losing for my lifetime.  

 

As  Yankees fan my team recently clinched their 30th straight winning season........you don't even consider the possibility of a losing season anymore as a Yankees fan.  So I suspect if the Bills string together a lot of winning seasons it will become the norm instead of something you fear will end soon and any pangs some of you have for losing football will be dispelled.    

 

 

 

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by BADOLBILZ

[TheBrownBear]

I responded with a "vomit" emoji to the OP, but I can see where he's coming from.  Outside of the Chiefs playoff game, the way we've been absolutely destroying teams over the past 8 games or so, is almost sort of getting...gulp...a little boring?  There is something to watching a game against a quality opponent and finding yourself in a close game in the 4th quarter and thinking, "wow, the Bills are playing really well tonight...they could win this game." 

 

But I'm guessing we are going to start seeing some more competitive games starting this Sunday and continuing up through the bye.  We've got some good opponents on the way and teams will start to figure out ways to slow down this offense.

[Yockopondowsk]

I discussed similar topic with my brothers last night. Did I feel sorry for the Titans?  ‘After what we’ve been through?’  I once almost felt sorry for 5 NY Titans after Cookie ran them over back in the day, but nah sit back and enjoy this. It ain’t forever. 

[Matt_In_NH]

You are on dope not dopamine. 

[Royale with Cheese]

3 minutes ago, Yockopondowsk said:

I discussed similar topic with my brothers last night. Did I feel sorry for the Titans?  ‘After what we’ve been through?’  I once almost felt sorry for 5 NY Titans after Cookie ran them over back in the day, but nah sit back and enjoy this. It ain’t forever. 

Josh Allen has at least 12 more years left.

We have got time.

[FireChans]

35 minutes ago, Einstein said:

Before you immediately jump to answer "NO", realize that this question does not mean that you don't like winning.

 

I enjoy the Bills recent success and I root for a championship trophy. I have a man crush on Josh Allen that my colleagues find odd. That being said, part of me misses the drama of Flutie v Johnson, Bledsoe v Losman, the Fitzpatrick upward trajectory followed by the downward trajectory, top 10 pick draft talk, checking the playoff tiebreakers to find a 1 in 1,000 chance of making the tournament, etc. I wonder if the large swings in outcomes of the past created a dopamine response in my brain.

 

Does anyone else feel this way? Or perhaps I am in a party of one?

 

 

TBD was more fun when the Bills were ass.

 

There's no doubt about that.

 

Now we almost all agree that the offense is good, Allen is great, our coaching staff is good, the defense is good.

 

Now we debate things like "Is Tremaine Edmunds stellar or just pretty good" or "Taiwan Jones is the best gunner in the NFL" or "Josh Allen only threw 4 TD's in 3 quarters but he did rush one time and I'm concerned."

 

Gone are the days of pumping up schlubs like Dez Lewis and Brandon Reilly praying that one of them proves to belong in the NFL. Or waiting for starters drafted in the top 10 to become stars 8 years in the league.

 

"Alas that these evil days should be mine."

[machine gun kelly]

How about no Scott 

 

 

 

Yes I miss being miserable and a perpetual loser.  Is that a real question brother?  Nothing redeemable

 

 

when a problem comes along, you must zip it! Zip it good.

[Airseven]

Hard to miss it when they lost 3 games ago in historic, humiliating, and crushing fashion.

[Einstein]

5 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

You are on dope not dopamine. 

 

That’s pretty funny.

[longtimebillsfan]

46 minutes ago, Einstein said:

Before you immediately jump to answer "NO", realize that this question does not mean that you don't like winning.

 

I enjoy the Bills recent success and I root for a championship trophy. I have a man crush on Josh Allen that my colleagues find odd. That being said, part of me misses the drama of Flutie v Johnson, Bledsoe v Losman, the Fitzpatrick upward trajectory followed by the downward trajectory, top 10 pick draft talk, checking the playoff tiebreakers to find a 1 in 1,000 chance of making the tournament, etc. I wonder if the large swings in outcomes of the past created a dopamine response in my brain.

 

Does anyone else feel this way? Or perhaps I am in a party of one?

 

 

What????

 

Not at all.

 

What????

[The Wiz]

I do.  Can't stand these prime time games. 

 

Making me wait all day on a Thursday and then 12 days for another game. 

 

Oh thank God, we play at 1 on Sunday. 

 

Ok,  I'm fine. 

[longtimebillsfan]

Does anyone miss not having a tooth extracted or an appendix burst?

 

Just getting into the spirit of this thread.

[Low Positive]

Since I posted in here, I want to clarify that I don’t miss the losing in any way. It’s just that a lot of stress comes with the expectations and as a fan I’m still adjusting. 

[mjd1001]

49 minutes ago, Einstein said:

Before you immediately jump to answer "NO", realize that this question does not mean that you don't like winning.

 

I enjoy the Bills recent success and I root for a championship trophy. I have a man crush on Josh Allen that my colleagues find odd. That being said, part of me misses the drama of Flutie v Johnson, Bledsoe v Losman, the Fitzpatrick upward trajectory followed by the downward trajectory, top 10 pick draft talk, checking the playoff tiebreakers to find a 1 in 1,000 chance of making the tournament, etc. I wonder if the large swings in outcomes of the past created a dopamine response in my brain.

 

Does anyone else feel this way? Or perhaps I am in a party of one?

 

 

I'll try to answer the spirit of the question, because obviously I don't miss the losing.

What I DO miss are the lower expectations.  Winning is almost always better than losing, but where your expectations are..that matters to me.  The Bills winning 13 games in a season where I was expecting 9-10 wins is a MUCH more fun season for me than them winning 13 when I was expecting 13.  The higher expectations can, if you let it, make the season a bit more stressful.  A mid-season loss (or 2 game losing streak) when you are expecting a 10 win season isn't good, but it becomes a whole lot worse if you have that same thing when you are expecting 13+ wins on the year.

[Buffalo03]

You're a 1pm truther, aren't you?

[716er]

Watch the Sabres instead 

[Coach Tuesday]

What you’re really describing is most likely a fear of success - pretty common in human nature.  Failure is a cozy old shoe; winning brings raises expectations and the spotlight and some fans just can’t handle all of that.

[TampaBillsJunkie]

R U F N Kidding Me!  

[Franco_92]

"Miss" captures the wrong sentiment, but I think I understand what OP is saying. 

 

I don't miss losing and I don't want to lose, I am grateful every single second for what we get to witness now. But there were definitely feelings in the drought that cannot be replicated now, not all of them completely terrible. And I am not taking anything for granted, but I can feel how easy it could be to slip into that mindset- not even enjoying a September win, since I expect it and since the real season starts in January. The reality is that both of these first two games, and 12 others in the josh allen Era, would be top 3 games of my bills fanhood for the first 14 years of its existence. I do my best to remember this. But I understand that simple joys I could experience in 2017, for example, have completely ceased to exist. 

[Mr. WEO]

TBD in lobotomy mode--total disinhibition to post a thread on whatever pops into one's head.  No filter. lol

[fasteddie]

The only part I miss is 8 1:00 Sunday games. It normally takes 3 hours to get home after the game, and that includes stopping for dinner. Last night it took 3.5 hours without stopping. But I did see a fight in front of out parking spot when a car wouldn't let cars go out in the opposite direction. Idiots!

[TampaBillsJunkie]

50 minutes ago, Process said:

Games over in the 3Q and 30 point blowouts might get old after a while. 

No, they won't. Until the ring is on the fingers of our team and the banner is raised at "The Ralph" winning will never grow old. And after that, I want to win some more.

[Coach Tuesday]

3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

TBD in lobotomy mode--total disinhibition to post a thread on whatever pops into one's head.  No filter. lol

Nah it’s just lingering Stockholm Syndrome from the drought years - some miserable fans fell in love with their torturers and continue to pine for the past.

Edited September 20, 2022 by Coach Tuesday

[Freddie's Dead]

[nedboy7]

I was just reading all the power rankings and the insane love the Bills are getting from the media, just basking in it like a pig in mud. 

 

[Captain Hindsight]

51 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:

2022 Bills vs 2007 Pats. Who ya got?

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, Einstein said:

Before you immediately jump to answer "NO", realize that this question does not mean that you don't like winning.

 

I enjoy the Bills recent success and I root for a championship trophy. I have a man crush on Josh Allen that my colleagues find odd. That being said, part of me misses the drama of Flutie v Johnson, Bledsoe v Losman, the Fitzpatrick upward trajectory followed by the downward trajectory, top 10 pick draft talk, checking the playoff tiebreakers to find a 1 in 1,000 chance of making the tournament, etc. I wonder if the large swings in outcomes of the past created a dopamine response in my brain.

 

Does anyone else feel this way? Or perhaps I am in a party of one?

 

 

i hear what you are saying actually. It was a totally different mindset, for sure.
 

I would pour over that Schedule and self-delude myself into thinking 10-6 every year! 

[Stuartjohn]

1 hour ago, Einstein said:

Before you immediately jump to answer "NO", realize that this question does not mean that you don't like winning.

 

I enjoy the Bills recent success and I root for a championship trophy. I have a man crush on Josh Allen that my colleagues find odd. That being said, part of me misses the drama of Flutie v Johnson, Bledsoe v Losman, the Fitzpatrick upward trajectory followed by the downward trajectory, top 10 pick draft talk, checking the playoff tiebreakers to find a 1 in 1,000 chance of making the tournament, etc. I wonder if the large swings in outcomes of the past created a dopamine response in my brain.

 

Does anyone else feel this way? Or perhaps I am in a party of one?

 

 

 

51 minutes ago, Augie said:

Does anybody miss the days before all these crappy threads got started? 

 

Does anybody miss getting bullied in middle school? Didn’t think so.  Same kind of idea. 

 

 

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I think you should go Get a barrel and go over the falls!!

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Lol what 

[The Wiz]

9 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

Since I posted in here, I want to clarify that I don’t miss the losing in any way. It’s just that a lot of stress comes with the expectations and as a fan I’m still adjusting. 

I think most of us have been on the "well, maybe they can win" for so long that "oh yea, they got this game for sure"  and believing it, is still a new thing.  I'm right there too.

 

I talk to other NFL fans of other teams and they are always giving praise and saying "oh yea, Buffalo is gonna smoke them" and I always tell them "you never know, it should be a good game".  I'm hyped as hell for this team and want to scream it off the top of my building at work that we are the best but trying to keep it even keel.  Or as coach would say "humble and hungry".

[HOUSE]

Losing is a disease,  like the  bubonic plaque,  ah, but curable 

 

 

[Rochesterfan]

Another Gem from Einstein.

 

Love that any troll can just post whatever garbage flows through the tiny brain.

 

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[John from Riverside]

I literally have always thought of you as a party of one if it makes you feel any better

[SMAKCruiser]

1 hour ago, Boyst62 said:

I miss the honesty of the sincere fan versus many of the Johnny come latelys and bandwagon bunch.

I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way.  

[notwoz]

I miss losing about as much as I miss chemo.

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, The Wiz said:

I think most of us have been on the "well, maybe they can win" for so long that "oh yea, they got this game for sure"  and believing it, is still a new thing.  I'm right there too.

 

I talk to other NFL fans of other teams and they are always giving praise and saying "oh yea, Buffalo is gonna smoke them" and I always tell them "you never know, it should be a good game".  I'm hyped as hell for this team and want to scream it off the top of my building at work that we are the best but trying to keep it even keel.  Or as coach would say "humble and hungry".

You see it a lot on TBD. Fans come up with all the ways that the Bills will lose each week. It’s always how is some aspect of the Bills defense going to stop the strengths of the other team’s offense. Its like as if our strengths cease to exist.