The Vibe of this Team feels different… to me at least

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

Diggs said it best. “We’re Battle tested”

 

Last season  the  team ran out of gas. It was a pretty emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. 

 

Fast forward. Once again just as were finding our groove against Miami..Key Players  go down. Young players have to step in. A lot of rough games, trying to figure it out. Chances to win but ultimately finding ways to lose.

 

Beane makes a couple shrewd moves at the deadline.. effectively replacing Tre and Jones for the time being.  We cut ties with Dorsey. 
 

Brady has brought an energy to this team exactly when we needed it. Despite a tough loss at Phily, The Josh we have been looking for all season was unleashed..and back..

 

They brought their game to Kc and Dallas and I’m not even thinking 10-7. We are winning out and getting in the dance. Then look out. This team is coming together at the perfect time. They have come together as a team and playing some amazing complimentary football.

 

Save your best for December football..while many teams are sliding the other way, we are gaining steam.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by loveorhatembillsfan4life

[Donuts and Doritos]

Gotta keep it going & get into the dance 1st. Then we'll see where this thing goes. 

 

Yes their attitude & effort is more 2021 than 2022 at this point.

 

But we still have eggs not chickens so don't go counting 

[BuffaloBillyG]

This week is a bigger test then most choose to see. Yes the Chargers are reeling with a fill in HC, fill in QB and nothing to really play for at this point. But sometimes these teams can present a challenge.

 

Last week, the Cowboys came in red hot, media darlings playing on the road against a team with a lesser record. Sounds.... familiar? and were humbled. I want to see Buffalo come out and keep that intense style of play against a team they are expected to beat. I believe They will, of course and end up winning comfortably. But they need to stay locked in and come out prepared are ready 

[Success]

I wish we had SOME margin for error at this point - but in a way, that might serve us well in January or February.

 

Since Philly, every game has basically been an elimination game, and every game from here on out will be the same.  It will be old hat by the time they get to the playoffs.

 

[The Firebaugh Kid]

My friends and I determined that this team was winning it all after the Philly game. We remain steadfast.

[Simon]

16 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Yes the Chargers are reeling with a fill in HC, fill in QB and nothing to really play for at this point. But sometimes these teams can present a challenge.

 

I despise matchups against teams that have nothing to lose.

All predictability goes right out the window.

[BillsPride12]

Absolutely.  Agree with everything in your post and add in the return of Daquan Jones!

[Patrick Duffy]

6 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

I despise matchups against teams that have nothing to lose.

All predictability goes right out the window.

 

Yup, not only that also I'd assume there isn't a whole lot to go off of from film since the new HC will do some things differently

[Einstein]

Agreed.

 

This is the most optimistic i’ve felt since the 2021 playoffs. I truly believe that was a team of destiny (grumble, except for 13 seconds, grumble).

 

I’m getting that same feeling right now.

.

Edited December 20, 2023 by Einstein

[Brand J]

The fact we beat KC in KC despite not playing particularly well for 2.5 quarters was extremely encouraging. The very next week they played well all four and stomped a SB contender. Biggest test and obstacle for the Bills is… the Bills. 

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

This team is going to lift us up and give us hope...before dashing us down upon the rocks in the most painful way imaginable. 
To think otherwise means you haven't been paying attention. 

[TBBills Fan]

I agree.  These guys are showing they want it.  I feel the vibe!

 

I don't think we lose another game. 

 

What a story it would be to see this team hoist the Lombardi..

 

[Since1981]

Dorsey Who?

[Bill Grundy]

I've followed a lot of sports teams over the years. mostly soccer and rugby teams over here in the UK

 

And I honestly can't think of a team I've liked more than these Bills. For a start I like McDermott - I know most people don't, but I do. I think he's an impressive leader of men who understands culture. I like Bean too. I think they've identified what the team's needed and made some fantastic moves to make it happen. Be it a run game. An o line. A red zone offence that doesn't depend on trick plays. Picks like Bernard, Cook and Torrence. It might be that I don't understand the Xs and Os of the game well enough to fully see what drives so many people crazy. But I see a lot of good in our management. 

 

Then there's the players. Josh Allen is the most enigmatic and likeable sportsman I've perhaps ever seen. Milano. Dawkins. Oliver. Morse. Phillips. These are just great, great guys. The whole roster just seems to be filled with character and the right kind of attitude. It's a pleasure to be following them at the moment after years of, well, not this. 

 

It guts me that so much of this season was wasted with the wrong OC - by all accounts a decent enough man but infuriating from game one. And I feel the NFL cost us dearly by robbing a home game to pander to the league's international aspirations (scandalous, really). So  I am not very  optimistic that this is the year . But I really do think the year is coming - the year we win the big prize - if we keep in the same direction.

 

It feels like the side is growing and learning all the time. I know many will disagree. But I just hope we don't lose our nerve and find ourselves starting over, with a new HC, with a new culture and end up just spinning wheels. There's something special going on here. I hope it gets backed. 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Bill Grundy

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, Bill Grundy said:

I've followed a lot of sports teams over the years. mostly soccer and rugby teams over here in the UK

 

And I honestly can't think of a team I've liked more than these Bills.....

 

Agreed that this is group of guys is really easy to like (Von notwithstanding).

I didn't really have anything to add; I just wanted an excuse to say I always enjoy seeing your Danger Mouse avatar. 

[finn]

Agree. Up to the Dorsey firing, this season looked even worse in a way. But Brady's appointment and the McDermott flap together turned things around. My read is that the McDermott story, taken by the team as a smear job, resolved some resentment that may have been simmering since the 13-seconds game. Almost exactly then, Brady takes over, bringing new energy to the offense, just when the team was ready for it. It was like a one-two punch. 

 

This is quite a story. Rare. Akin to an effective coach taking over from a disaster coach and turning around the season, but with a twist. A popular but ineffective coach goes, and an unpopular coach stays but the reason he's unpopular is exorcised. The result: An united, motivated, hungry team rallying with all their frustrated potential at just the right time. They are on fire. 

[JTown]

13 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

This team is going to lift us up and give us hope...before dashing us down upon the rocks in the most painful way imaginable. 
To think otherwise means you haven't been paying attention. 

That would be very Billsy.

 

Seriously,  I think they will get into the Playoffs.  However,  I'm still trying to digest the inexplicable losses to the Jets, Patriots,  Broncos and Jags. (Let's no forget that they also tried to lose to the Giants however,  the officials gifted them a W).

I can live with the losses to the Eagles and Bengals but they could have easily won both of those games. 

It has become painfully obvious to me that they have long been expecting too much of Josh.  

I still do not trust McClappy particularly late in a close game, but I will say that he has better since he was put on blast.  His D against Dallas was as good as it gets.

 

It would be great to win the Division in the last game against the Dolphins and get a home playoff game. 

 

Bottom line is this team should not be in this position.   As much as it pains me to say,  Josh has his share of the blame in turnovers.  McDermott certainly has a lot as well with his awful late game management,  stupid timeouts, challenges, etc.  And of course Dorsey did this team no favors by forcing Josh into having to play Superman every week. 

 

Hopefully, we won't have any more Billsy games.

Imagine just how scary this team would be going into the Playoffs coming off a big win against Miami to take the Division. 

 

Bad things Man, bad things.

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

If we can continue to establish the  run game this late into the season it’s going to cause some serious headaches trying to game plan against us.

Just when some smart minds think maybe they discovered some of Brady’s tendencies he shows he is not afraid to run it 50 times..

 

This should only help our passing game. 

 

 

[KingBoots8]

One week at a time.

 

…that being said, the Philly game felt like that Cards game a few years ago. They got a win they shouldn’t have, and all it did was make the team draw a line in the sand and *nobody* could cross it. If a certain game had a slightly different ending I think that we would have made (and won) the big one. 
 

The difference is this time we aren’t currently winning the division. There’s no sleepwalking to the playoffs, and with that it means everyone needs to execute. The only way we survive is to destroy whatever is in front of us. We look like that team with a chip on our shoulder. We look like we are finally clicking.

 

We look like we could be champions. All that’s left is to win and keep winning. 
 

One. Week. At. A. Time.

[Punching Bag]

 

 

2 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

Gotta keep it going & get into the dance 1st. Then we'll see where this thing goes. 

 

Yes their attitude & effort is more 2021 than 2022 at this point.

 

But we still have eggs not chickens so don't go counting 

 

Eggs are like by some more because they like to throw them.

 

 

In college we had bunch of people from other dorm who would come out of Wilkeson Quadrangle pub around midnight, exit pub through courtyard and start singing and bellowing waking many people up.   There would calls to campus police but by the time they came the drunks would be long gone.  Police said there was nothing can be done since no cameras in courtyard and witnesses could not be 100% sure from their room windows.

I brought home several dozen eggs and left them on my window sill.

 

Next time they started singing, did I got a dozen and ski mask, went to ground floor and went to courtyard exit by internal way.

When the shouts of shut up started and they were responding to screamers I threw the eggs at them and from being on window sill for several weeks they were rotten.

Each was hit by at three eggs and they fled early.

Next day my Quadrangle floor manager told me there was a smell from my balcony.  A bird probably laid an egg there and please clean it up.

 

I do not like being told that nothing can be done.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Limeaid

[BigAl2526]

I'm seeing focus.  The Bills aren't fooling around.  I thought I noticed it in the Philadelphia game even though the Bills lost.  It's pretty clear now.  Being battle tested is part of it, but they know they are a playoff caliber team and they haven't always played like it this season.  They have made up their minds that they are not letting the opportunity to make the playoffs slip away due to a failure to be all in.

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, Limeaid said:

 

 

 

Eggs are like by some more because they like to throw them.

 

 

In college we had bunch of people from other dorm who would come out of Wilkeson Quadrangle pub around midnight, exit pub through courtyard and start singing and bellowing waking many people up.   There would calls to campus police but by the time they came the drunks would be long gone.  Police said there was nothing can be done since no cameras in courtyard and witnesses could not be 100% sure from their room windows.

I brought home several dozen eggs and left them on my window sill.

 

Next time they started singing, did I got a dozen and ski mask, went to ground floor and went to courtyard exit by internal way.

When the shouts of shut up started and they were responding to screamers I threw the eggs at them and from being on window sill for several weeks they were rotten.

Each was hit by at three eggs and they fled early.

Next day my Quadrangle floor manager told me there was a smell from my balcony.  A bird probably laid an egg there and please clean it up.

 

I do not like being told that nothing can be done.

 

 

 

 

I admire your sheer will to win.  Bravo

[BCAS Baritone]

2 hours ago, Patrick Duffy said:

 

Yup, not only that also I'd assume there isn't a whole lot to go off of from film since the new HC will do some things differently

There's only so much you can change in one week - we saw the same thing when Brady took over for Dorsey.  Our offense got a lot better, but the changes were subtle and took several games to fully take shape.  But I definitely assume he won't be making so many idiotic fourth down decisions as Staley did.

 

Still, they definitely do not have Justin Herbert, and a good chance they don't have Keenan Allen either, who has been all-world this year.  I would think it would be even less of a home game than usual for the Chargers - how many actual Chargers fans would have held on to their tickets after the Thursday night debacle.

 

Of course, past Bills teams have blown equally optimistic situations.  But this is this Bills team, not those Bills teams, so you can't really transfer that onto this squad.

[SinceThe70s]

3 hours ago, Simon said:

 

I despise matchups against teams that have nothing to lose.

All predictability goes right out the window.

 

I'd argue that predictability is an illusion in the NFL - and something that the most ardent/knowledgeable fans are oblivious to. 

 

It's why it's so compelling imo.

[nedboy7]

Even if they win it all this year,  I’m not making any judgements until I see how far they get in the playoffs next year.  I’m no Homer.  

[GunnerBill]

6 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This week is a bigger test then most choose to see. Yes the Chargers are reeling with a fill in HC, fill in QB and nothing to really play for at this point. But sometimes these teams can present a challenge.

 

Last week, the Cowboys came in red hot, media darlings playing on the road against a team with a lesser record. Sounds.... familiar? and were humbled. I want to see Buffalo come out and keep that intense style of play against a team they are expected to beat. I believe They will, of course and end up winning comfortably. But they need to stay locked in and come out prepared are ready 

 

I take the point but Easton Stick is at QB. I think McDermott shuts him down and the Bills win comfortably. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

4 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I take the point but Easton Stick is at QB. I think McDermott shuts him down and the Bills win comfortably. 

I agree, however this season has been a humbling one at times. With losses to Zach Wilson and Mac Jones on the books this year, I cannot take Easton Stick lightly no matter how ridiculous his name is.

 

There's a lot of talent on that team. 

 

 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

10 hours ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

This team is going to lift us up and give us hope...before dashing us down upon the rocks in the most painful way imaginable. 
To think otherwise means you haven't been paying attention. 

I so wish I could flame you, but I think in many long time fan’s minds, that very thought is lurking somewhere deep in their souls 😂

[Steptide]

Everyone says the team ran out of gas last year. I disagree. That loss against the Bengals felt like it was a long time coming at the time. The bills didn't run out of gas, they were out played, and Dorsey was probably a big part of that. The offense just looked so dull under Dorsey. Sure he called some good games, but there was just something about Dorseys offense that just didn't look right compared to what we saw in 2020 and 2021. 

[JerseyBills]

Yup it's a bully vibe,  SB vibe, they're oozing confidence on both sides of the ball. McD righted the ship on defense with Douglas and Dodson filling the shoes of Milano and Tre. And Jones will be back within 3 weeks. I said it at 6-6 , this SB documentary is going to be epic

Edited December 20, 2023 by JerseyBills

[Since1981]

I hate to pin this on one guy. But McD was slow to replace Dorsey. Brady is getting them big points in 1 half. That’s huge for the now more comfortable D additions. Josh seems happier. Brady put Bills ahead 1H, 49 run plays, Bills D play from ahead. I don’t see this happening under Dorsey. 

[BritishBill]

Chargers feels like a classic banana skin game. Everything about it screams that we should wipe the floor with them. Hope we just get it done! 

[ddaryl]

I do like the way the team has played since Brady took over at OC... The D as well... But it's gonna take one heluva a run for me to start trusting McD in big games

[North Buffalo]

9 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

I'm seeing focus.  The Bills aren't fooling around.  I thought I noticed it in the Philadelphia game even though the Bills lost.  It's pretty clear now.  Being battle tested is part of it, but they know they are a playoff caliber team and they haven't always played like it this season.  They have made up their minds that they are not letting the opportunity to make the playoffs slip away due to a failure to be all in.

Eagles havent won since Bills game showing how beat up they were afterwards... says something about the Bills physicality in that game.

[TheWei44]

For me, the physicality/bully mentality seems new and refreshing.  Like we're gonna line up and punch you in the face.  I also think the timing of our bye week helped alot in hindsight.  Go Bills!

Edited December 20, 2023 by TheWei44

[YattaOkasan]

11 hours ago, KingBoots8 said:

One week at a time.

 

…that being said, the Philly game felt like that Cards game a few years ago. They got a win they shouldn’t have, and all it did was make the team draw a line in the sand and *nobody* could cross it. If a certain game had a slightly different ending I think that we would have made (and won) the big one. 
 

The difference is this time we aren’t currently winning the division. There’s no sleepwalking to the playoffs, and with that it means everyone needs to execute. The only way we survive is to destroy whatever is in front of us. We look like that team with a chip on our shoulder. We look like we are finally clicking.

 

We look like we could be champions. All that’s left is to win and keep winning. 
 

One. Week. At. A. Time.

I get more TB in 21 vibes (OT and got ref'ed) but agree its similar.  but then again so is this script.  Bills come on strong late in the season with Josh Allen.  We have won out in December every year since 2020.  Out last losses of the season have been against good teams before we go on a tear at the end of the season.  Cards Week 10 2020 (best month of football in my life), TB week 14 2021, Vikings week 10 2022 (though Cin game ending prob helped).  Would also note the deepest run we had was to AFCG in 2020 when we had a week 11 bye.  I think later bye might set us up though we still have a pretty big hill to climb.

[Bookie Man]

Anyone else get Buffalo +2500 SB odds after the Philly game? 

[Don Otreply]

13 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This week is a bigger test then most choose to see. Yes the Chargers are reeling with a fill in HC, fill in QB and nothing to really play for at this point. But sometimes these teams can present a challenge.

 

Last week, the Cowboys came in red hot, media darlings playing on the road against a team with a lesser record. Sounds.... familiar? and were humbled. I want to see Buffalo come out and keep that intense style of play against a team they are expected to beat. I believe They will, of course and end up winning comfortably. But they need to stay locked in and come out prepared are ready 

Absolutely agree if they are to win out in the regular season,  and they can’t relax if and when they make the post season, thinking the made it, at this point making the playoffs is the starting line to success! 
 

GO BILLS!!!
 

 

[H2o]

I do like what I'm seeing out of this team as of late. I think we are absolutely dangerous right now, and especially if we get into the Playoffs. Our backs are against the wall. This team knows they have to basically win out to get in. Still, I remember our backs being against the wall before and losing to the Steelers 2nd and 3rd string to miss the Playoffs. Any given Sunday anything can happen. I hope we string together a beautiful 3 weeks of football, on top of what we've seen the last two, and then some. Just taking things one week at a time for now though. 

[Jauronimo]

14 hours ago, Simon said:

 

I despise matchups against teams that have nothing to lose.

All predictability goes right out the window.

The Chargers had little to lose last week and they got beat 63-21.