DBilz2500 Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Does this wildcard game vs Denver remind anyone else of that 1996 game vs Jacksonville? Vet coach with a young QB, upstart team playing with nothing to lose, big home favorite with all the pressure on them? Maybe it’s my Bills paranoia setting in but I just can’t shake the feeling. 2 1 1 1 1 1 Quote
klos63 Posted January 6 Posted January 6 (edited) I thought the same. The difference with the Bills is that we were on the decline after our run. Edited January 6 by klos63 2 1 1 Quote
Big Turk Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:34 PM, DBilz2500 said: Does this wildcard game vs Denver remind anyone else of that 1996 game vs Jacksonville? Vet coach with a young QB, upstart team playing with nothing to lose, big home favorite with all the pressure on them? Maybe it’s my Bills paranoia setting in but I just can’t shake the feeling. Expand No...that was at the end of the line for aging vets. Allen is in his prime. 9 9 3 Quote
Gregg Posted January 6 Posted January 6 (edited) No. Kelly and company were getting older and starting to decline. This Bills team is not that and Allen is going into his prime. Edited January 6 by Gregg 4 Quote
dave mcbride Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:35 PM, Big Turk said: No...that was at the end of the line for aging vets. Allen is in his prime. Expand Kelly was awful in 1996. Not really a great comp. 2 4 Quote
DBilz2500 Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:35 PM, Big Turk said: No...that was at the end of the line for aging vets. Allen is in his prime. Expand Good point. We were at the end of our Super Bowl glory years. 1 Quote
dave mcbride Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:36 PM, Gregg said: No. Kelly and company were getting older and starting to decline. This Bills team is not that and Allen is going into his prime. Expand Kelly wasn't starting to decline -- he was DONE. He could barely move and had lost his arm strength. 5 Quote
WotAGuy Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Do the Broncos have Natrone Means? Otherwise, no. 2 3 Quote
Gregg Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:37 PM, dave mcbride said: Kelly wasn't starting to decline -- he was DONE. He could barely move and had lost his arm strength. Expand You are right now that I think about it. 94 and 95 was when the decline was starting. In Kelly's defense his body started to break down. One of the toughest QB's ever with all of the hits he took. 1 1 Quote
Big Turk Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:37 PM, dave mcbride said: Kelly was awful in 1996. Not really a great comp. Expand 58% completion rate, 14 TDs, 19 INTs. The team averaged under 20 points a game. They were on their last legs. 1 2 Quote
mushypeaches Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Not even close I was at that game in 1996 and it was clear to all that we were hanging on to being a playoff team by the skin of our teeth Brunell was already a much more established QB as well 1 1 Quote
pkwwjd Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Just remember that Kelly's first SB year was year 7 of pro ball ... JA17 is there now! 3 Quote
Buffalo_Stampede Posted January 6 Posted January 6 It’s not really similar. Probably more like Patriots in 2021. Top 3 defense with a promising young QB and a Super Bowl winning head coach. It’s hard to compare different years though. It’s the playoffs, it’s going to be a tough game. 2 1 Quote
strive_for_five_guy Posted January 6 Posted January 6 WGR made the best comp I’ve heard, which is us hosting the Pats a few years back, although Nix worries me a lot more than Mac Jones ever did. Otherwise, can’t think of many other playoff matchups where we’ve hosted a young QB while our QB was in his prime. That said, this will be as tough a matchup as Nix has had his whole career so far, we’ll see how good he can look in our house against the best QB in the league. 1 1 Quote
Ray Stonada Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Was at that game with my mom. This Bills team is still in its prime, that team wasn’t. 1 1 1 Quote
DBilz2500 Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:44 PM, Buffalo_Stampede said: It’s not really similar. Probably more like Patriots in 2021. Top 3 defense with a promising young QB and a Super Bowl winning head coach. It’s hard to compare different years though. It’s the playoffs, it’s going to be a tough game. Expand Well I guess my memory is serving me poorly as I was only 12 years old at the time. I do remember us being a pretty big favorite and Thurman saying something before the game asking “who are the Jaguars anyway?” Quote
Big Turk Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:44 PM, Buffalo_Stampede said: It’s the playoffs, it’s going to be a tough game. Expand I think it will be easier than we think. 1 Quote
Sojourner Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 8:52 PM, DBilz2500 said: Well I guess my memory is serving me poorly as I was only 12 years old at the time. I do remember us being a pretty big favorite and Thurman saying something before the game asking “who are the Jaguars anyway?” Expand It was what? Their second season? They weren’t very good the year before and IIRC they beat a slew of bad/average teams to squeak into the playoffs. This Denver team plays well but also hasn’t beaten that great teams this season Similar in some ways. Shouldn’t be overlooked imo Quote
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