Einstein Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, BarleyNY said: When I was in high school I appreciated a clumsy HJ. That’s a certified thread ender right there. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airseven Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 We went from post-Bengals where fans actually started to take an objective look at this team and own, perhaps even aim to improve, the glaring issues. Time does heal. And now we're right back to the incessant spin, rationalizing, and desperate efforts to minimize moves by other squads. And so it goes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I appreciate what we have, and don't take the past 3-5 year ride for granted at all. I do know from the empty feeling that comes with thinking of the 90s teams... they need to win one with Josh Allen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Whenever I see threads like this it reminds me that most people do not have or want to have a continuous improvement mindset to life. It also reminds me somewhat of the movie Hoosiers when Myra Fleener says, "I've seen them, the real sad ones. They sit around the rest of their lives talking about the glory days when they were seventeen years old." It's real nice the Bills were in the playoffs the last 4 seasons...but those days are past. It's time to look forward, yeah get excited, but demand excellence in next season and beyond. As much as I remember the 90s Bills, that was 30 years ago. Heck 2020 was 3 years ago already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, May Day 10 said: I appreciate what we have, and don't take the past 3-5 year ride for granted at all. I do know from the empty feeling that comes with thinking of the 90s teams... they need to win one with Josh Allen. It would literally be a crime if we don’t win a super bowl with Josh Allen. I mean seriously, people need to be arrested. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: We’ve won the AFC East 3 years in a row! Not the ultimate goal but it’s a great accomplishment. Take a minute and appreciate it. Absolutely. The negativity on here is unbelievable We're 3rd favorite to win the SB. Not that it means we will but shows that we have an elite roster still. I swear ppl have PTSD over our only blowout loss last year and forget we were 3 plays from going undefeated 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanahan's Horseshoe Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I’m not saying OP is a loser but he has a loser mentality 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 41 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: Von Miller was a bunt I guess. Right? How is that not a "swing for the fences"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, BarleyNY said: When I was in high school I appreciated a clumsy HJ. I'm sure you've gotten better at it since though..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Just now, JerseyBills said: Absolutely. The negativity on here is unbelievable We're 3rd favorite to win the SB. Not that it means we will but shows that we have an elite roster still. I swear ppl have PTSD over our only blowout loss last year and forget we were 3 plays from going undefeated What good is being 3rd favorite? What good does losing the AFC championship game mean? It just means you are 3rd/4th place which means you are the 2nd/3rd loser. If you don’t win the Lombardi, you are a loser. No matter how good someone thinks you are, you lost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 THANK YOU. Been watching since 68! Were we are now is incredible compared to the rest of the history of this franchise. A QB going into his prime on a HOF path, one of the acknowledged best HC/GM combos, and a great owner willing to do whatever it takes. Have we accomplished the goal. No but for God's sake some of these posts are absolutely ridiculous. I'm enjoying this, hasn't been so much fun since the Kelly days. Please take a breath, get some perspective and ENJOY this!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said: One Mississippi Two Mississippi Three Mississippi …. Okay, now what? 😉 "One Mississippi, two Mississippi... Sucker tried to diss me so I played him like a hippie... from the 60's, but I’m a get paid from the 90's Quick to play you Little Rascals out like Stymie..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieEm Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 49 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: Von Miller was a bunt I guess. Op referenced an move for offense so Von Miller wouldn't fit that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said: What good is being 3rd favorite? What good does losing the AFC championship game mean? It just means you are 3rd/4th place which means you are the 2nd/3rd loser. If you don’t win the Lombardi, you are a loser. No matter how good someone thinks you are, you lost. Yea and every year there'll be 31 losers. I'm just saying, we are an elite team that definitely has the POTENTIAL to win it all. You can't say that about majority of teams and we couldn't say that from 2000-2020. Enjoy the ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Wait.... They haven't made any lives yet today? No speculation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCT Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: We’ve won the AFC East 3 years in a row! Not the ultimate goal but it’s a great accomplishment. Take a minute and appreciate it. totally, football is just entertainment anyway. People seem to have forgotten that we were approximately 7-9 for 20 years lol. Winning is fun, and having our team in the playoffs every year is also fun. A Super Bowl would be even more fun…but yeahhhhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieEm Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said: Right? How is that not a "swing for the fences"... Original poster asked for a òffensive upgrade so Von Miller was a addition for the defense that was needed but didn't address the address the lack of weapons Josh has or ol that can give him more time to let plays develop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Brown Eye Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 No, Super Bowl windows open and close all the time. I think people may be worried that this current era's (The Allen and Diggs, or rather the team of the last 3 years) window may be closing. With Allen at the helm, there will always be a Super Bowl window, I think people really loved this team of the last 3 years, they were just so damn talented only to have the rug pulled out from underneath them in the playoffs by the coaching staff, and want to see everyone get a ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Even when/if the Bills win the Super Bowl.. The same dudes are gonna be on here in every thread about they would have won it sooner had Beane and Mcdermott listened to them, or they got lucky, etc etc. They can’t be content with just 1.. Some people just love misery and the attention they get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: We’ve won the AFC East 3 years in a row! Not the ultimate goal but it’s a great accomplishment. Take a minute and appreciate it. I've changed a lot with advancing age. I'm very much appreciating it. It's a way overused metaphor, but I've finally found myself understanding and appreciating that it's about the journey more than the destination. The journey, the whole journey, has been long and not without pain, but it's had some incredible highs. The current stretch of the journey has been full of joy. It's really great. None of that means that I don't care about reaching the destination. What it means is that I'm not tormented day to day, thinking about all the ways we haven't reached the destination yet. It doesn't matter. I don't waste any energy criticizing Beane for what he might have done three years ago or two years ago. I don't care about Wyatt Teller. It's all just history. Where we are today, March 16, is in a good place with a lot of great possibilities ahead of us, and I appreciate that. 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 We're cheering 4th place ribbons now wtf? You think Bill Belichik gets psyched about division titles? Superbowl or bust baby! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 You can appreciate the success so far, and still not be satisfied until we win it all. Both things CAN be true. And I do appreciate us being back on top of the division, and stringing together winning seasons & being relevant again. I'm not so far removed from the drought that I can't celebrate that. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: We're cheering 4th place ribbons now wtf? You think Bill Belichik gets psyched about division titles? Superbowl or bust baby! Don’t look at it like that. Look at it like we can win the Super Bowl any given year. Thats what a good organization is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 18 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: We're cheering 4th place ribbons now wtf? You think Bill Belichik gets psyched about division titles? Superbowl or bust baby! Hey man, this is Buffalo! People drive out to the airport at 2:00am in a snowstorm to welcome the team home from a regular season loss to a non-playoff team in Week 5. It has always amazed me at how many Bills fans are utterly satisfied with failure, as measured one way or the other. Are these people the same in their personal lives? Do they get fired from their job for being a loser, go home, look in the mirror, and say "It wasn't me! It was my mean boss!" or what? Do they look at the scale showing their bodyweight is 75 pounds over what it should be and say "It's OK, I like the way my clothes fit and besides, I can always lose the weight whenever I want to! Just not right now!" 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 46 minutes ago, Simon said: I'm sure you've gotten better at it since though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: Don’t look at it like that. Look at it like we can win the Super Bowl any given year. Thats what a good organization is. And by "good organization" you mean an organization that currently has a top 3 QB, league wide, in the prime of his career. Do you think NE is NOT a good organization? They're probably the best in the league. They ain't winning any Super Bowls any time soon. When Josh gets old, watch how fast this thing falls apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Just now, Nextmanup said: And by "good organization" you mean an organization that currently has a top 3 QB, league wide, in the prime of his career. Do you think NE is NOT a good organization? They're probably the best in the league. They ain't winning any Super Bowls any time soon. When Josh gets old, watch how fast this thing falls apart. I think most Patriots fans believe they’ll be back. Teams don’t typically go through droughts like we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 For the first few years during the McBeane era that's absolutely how I felt as we were witnessing the Bills finally climbing out of the cellar and on the rise. I was all on board for a slow rebuild and trusting the process. I felt like we were playing with house money for the first few years and just being a playoff team was pretty awesome coming off the drought. I'd say going into this season the real Championship window was supposed to be open and with all of the expectations and now years of Beane and McDermott building their program it definitely felt like the stakes were higher and there was more frustration of falling short of the big goal. Also feels like we took a step backwards from where we had been in previous years so I can't say at this stage it's a matter of just sitting back and enjoying being a competent team again. There should be Super Bowl expectations for this group and if they can't right the ship it may be team to move on at some point(definitely not saying it's time yet). When you get a chess piece like Josh Allen a Championship absolutely has to be the expectation now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Yup. I used to get pretty wrapped up in all of it. But it was like a switch got flipped at some point and it became, "I'mma just sit back and let these guys do their thing." I don't agree with everything they do. But when they make a decision I don't care for it doesn't prompt me to run to the internet and scream about it. Either it works or it doesn't, right? No use getting bent out of shape. And that hasn't taken away any of my excitement or emotions on game days. I still get super hyped up and want them to do well. I get bummed when they lose but I don't allow myself to dwell on it. Maybe stomp around and fire off some fun colorful cuss words and then find something to do to get over it. It's been rough on this board since the divisional round loss. That game sucked, for sure. I don't think it warranted a lot of responses from some folks on this forum. IMO, they're human beings who simply ran out of gas after a really grueling season. Is that on them? Is that on the coaches? I don't really care, I don't hold it against them. But some people will spend hours typing up pie charts and graphs and give you a thesis on why #00 is absolute dog poop and why McDermott is a bigger piece of dog poop for clapping too much and Beane is useless and doesn't draft well or sign good players. They've only built a consistent contender after 17 seasons of spinning their tires in the mud. It's one of the best eras of Buffalo Bills football in their history and some people truly think they're being cheated because the Bills didn't give them the Super Bowl title they "deserve" because they've been a fan since 1964 and blah blah blah. It's just easier to enjoy when you're not so hyped up one way or the other. Edited March 16, 2023 by blacklabel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Imagine the Jets win the Super Bowl this year with Rodgers. This board would go nuclear on Beane/McDermott if that happened. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCofNC Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, T master said: I have a hard time understanding those that can't appreciate where the Bills are now to where they were for 17 yrs yet they still complain . It's finally nice to talk to fans of other teams that say good things about the Bills instead of all the snide remarks about the Bills losing & if you bring up the 13 second game they like us think that was one for the books ! So although as they say you can't make every body happy i will take the team, coach & front office just like it is for years to come as long as the Bills have that chance of being in the championship hunt . McD is in his 7th year of being a HC how long did it take Marv, Reid & others to get there ? Its simple in my eyes, the team was a dumpster fire, not worthy of the fan base it had for those 17 years. Now the team has the one key ingredient to winning and you had better do something with it. There’s no reason to accept “good” just because you were used to awful. The piece is in place, go get it done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, todd said: I enjoy the ride every day! Life is too short and unpredictable to surround yourself with bitching and negativity over a sport. A game. Forget being surrounded, imagine being the source of that negativity. What a miserable existence that must be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awwufelloff Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Only 1 team is happy at end of the year. 1/32= 3.1% chance at superbowl at start of year, not really good odds. That's why I always say embrace the journey not the endzone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Ron Burgundy Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: Don’t look at it like that. Look at it like we can win the Super Bowl any given year. Thats what a good organization is. I dont think we're as close as you think we are. The Bengals manhandled us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Hey we have Josh Allen. Who cares about the rest. Just enjoy not sucking. We won some AFC east it’s all gravy the next 10 years. It’s been a fun ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 39 minutes ago, Rc2catch said: Even when/if the Bills win the Super Bowl.. The same dudes are gonna be on here in every thread about they would have won it sooner had Beane and Mcdermott listened to them, or they got lucky, etc etc. They can’t be content with just 1.. Some people just love misery and the attention they get. No they won’t. This is so silly lmao. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, L Ron Burgundy said: I dont think we're as close as you think we are. The Bengals manhandled us. So? That doesn’t really show anything other than they were better that day. Let’s get back to that same point next year. I’ll sign up right now for that game. It’ll go differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said: We’ve won the AFC East 3 years in a row! Not the ultimate goal but it’s a great accomplishment. Take a minute and appreciate it. Stampede, it’s a good sentiment and I agree, I’ve lived long enough to appreciate we’ve been in the playoffs all but one year with McBeane. With that said, it’s time to take the next step. Getting back Poyer outside of the troll comments is a great thing. We lost Edmunds, but that’s less to replace than Edmunds and Poyer. we absolutely need though a 2 WR, TE I hope as it’s a deep class, and another G. we can do it. Let’s hope Dorsey grows in year 2 and if McD more actively leads the defense, I see as only a positive thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Augie said: Forget being surrounded, imagine being the source of that negativity. What a miserable existence that must be. plenty of it around this joint. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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