Does any part of you miss the losing?

[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.