Will anyone admit to becoming a Bills fan during the Josh Allen era?

[EasternOHBillsFan]

7 hours ago, Another Fan said:

Im only curious after seeing so many Knicks fans come up out of nowhere now.

 

Ive been on the boards long enough to know many here are long and knowledgeable fans.  Ditto the passion the fanbase still had in the drought.

 

But I do have a friend for example from Wyoming who started liking the Bills because of Josh.  I think that’s a legit reason 🙂

 

I was a Knicks fan for MANY years back in the 1990s and early 2000s, but after Latrell Sprewell got jobbed and Jeff Van Gundy left I became very disinterested... the game was changing for the worse, taking out defense and replacing it with 110-120-130 point per side games. It just wasn't fun anymore and I quit the NBA. Even now as the Knicks are back in the ECF I can't get the mojo up for the Knicks. The NBA just isn't the same anymore.....  

Edited 13 hours ago by EasternOHBillsFan

[Another Fan]

11 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

I was a Knicks fan for MANY years back in the 1990s and early 2000s, but after Latrell Sprewell got jobbed and Jeff Van Gundy left I became very disinterested... the game was changing for the worse, taking out defense and replacing it with 110-120-130 point per side games. It just wasn't fun anymore and I quit the NBA. Even now as the Knicks are back in the ECF I can't get the mojo up for the Knicks. The NBA just isn't the same anymore.....  

I liked them as well in the Starks/Oakley/Mason/Ewing era.  Once they moved on from Starks and Oakley it kinda wasn't the same but yeah once Ewing and then Van Gundy left I more did as well.  Then I just became for the most part disinterested in the NBA.  If anything today I was laughing at the results the other night and enjoyed the nostalgia of the Pacers comeback.  

 

But I always knew for the most part Bills fans were still fiercely loyal during the drought years.  It just wasn't the visual picture I had in my head for the Knicks during the last 20 or so years.  

[hondo in seattle]

4 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

I look back with quite a lot of nostalgia now at the drought. An era when every regular season win felt like a massive achievement. Especially if we beat anyone half decent. Now the regular season games often feel very routine and I kinda miss that jeopardy. 

 

Having a great team with a superstar Quarterback is definitely better, don't get me wrong.

 

Yeah, in those days reaching the playoffs felt like a fantasy.  But occasionally, we'd beat a playoff-quality team and that felt great.  

[BillytheKid]

I became a Bills fan during the night Allen got drafted to the Bills only because I’m originally from Wyoming and an alum there. 
I had a different favorite NFL team all my other years.
 I was actually a Redskins/Commanders fan my whole life and became one as a 6 year old watching them in the Super Bowl in 1983 beat Miami with John Riggins running on them. Became a huge Riggins fan and Joe Gibbs fan and was my whole life but became a Bills fan the night they drafted Josh. I still root for the Commanders but not like I used to after Buffalo drafted Josh. Any time they played the Bills I would still be a Bills fan because of Josh and have rooted for the bills against them when they have played 

 

Main reason I root for the Bills now and they are my favorite team is because of Josh and his association to Wyoming. 
Once he is done playing I can’t say for sure I’ll still be a Bills fan or go back to the Commanders. I usually stick with my same team but for now I’m a Bills fan because of Josh. I have good reason though since I’m from Wyoming. 
I’m not a bandwagon fan just because the Bills became good. I would still root for them as long as Josh was here.
Of course if the Bills were bad Josh probably wouldn’t still be here. The longer I’m a Bills fan the greater the chance of me sticking with them after he leaves but he would have to play his whole career here for any chance of that. Which I’m sure he will. 
 

I normally would never switch favorite teams but this was a special circumstance. Most Wyoming fans are Broncos fans but a lot of them are Bills fans now also. 

[Neo]

I’ll admit to becoming a Bills fan during the Jack Kemp era in War Memorial Stadium.

Edited 4 hours ago by Neo

[machine gun kelly]

I’d love to say yes, but I pleasantly at times have loved my Bills since the 70’s.  I grew up on  South Park Ave. in Hamburg, and went to St. Francis.  I’d say my earliest memories of the Bills was OJ as born at the end of 67 (turkey baby).

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

18 hours ago, SMAKCruiser said:

 

Definitely, but tons of adults were not fans before Josh and only hopped on the bandwagon.  I can't wait for those fans to be gone 😄 

I’m cool with it. More fans = more money and less chance of the Bills ever moving which was a legitimate concern for years. 

16 hours ago, Jerome007 said:

I'm from Québec yet have made it through all the drought. I sure deserve to be here now ha ha. But "football life after Josh" will be hard. Forget the wins for a moment, he makes the games FUN, entertaining. It won't be the same after him. Let's enjoy it now!  

International fans are always the most interesting to me. Always fun to hear the backstories on how they became fans opposed to those like me who were kind of born into it. And then you have the ones from Western NY who wanted to be rebels and became Miami fans. 

[LewPort71]

1 hour ago, Neo said:

I’ll admit to becoming a Bills fan during the Jack Kemp era in War Memorial Stadium.

I am in this club also.  I was 9 when I first attended a game at The Rockpile and was amazed at how big the place was.

 

Many of my WV buddies are Bills fans due to Darryl Talley. 

 

[Billsatlastin2018]

As stated before, growing up, the Packers were my team in the 60s. Post the Lombardi SBs, I decided to search for a local and found the Bills in the 70s. The Glory Years of Kelly, etc. of the 90s made them very popular. Being a Season Tix holder for 20 of those years, did not hurt! Attending the Super Bowls did- somewhat! 🙄

 

Then the loooong darkness of incompetence and losing buffoonery began at OBD. All during those terrible years, I kept the faith- grumbling and muttering about when it was going to ever end.

 

even during those years, whenever I went to Vegas, random people of all types and descriptions, would give me the thumbs up and High 5s. The Bills were popular.

 

Allen has simply added a Hollywood Movie Star/ MVP capper to the popularity. Millions of new fans have come along for the ride because of him.

 

Millions more will say they were once they win the Lombardi this year!

[SoTier]

13 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

I look back with quite a lot of nostalgia now at the drought. An era when every regular season win felt like a massive achievement. Especially if we beat anyone half decent. Now the regular season games often feel very routine and I kinda miss that jeopardy. 

 

Having a great team with a superstar Quarterback is definitely better, don't get me wrong.

 

I cannot find anything nostalgic in the Drought.  It was painful, especially for someone who had season tix for several years during it.  It did make me appreciate how special the current team is.  I never take any Bills game, especially the wins, for granted.

[Augie]

There’s nothing wrong with becoming a Bills fan during the Josh years. It beats never being enlightened at all. 

[Orlando Buffalo]

As someone who floats through 5 favorite college football teams I can't call anyone out for "lack of loyalty" but I will state that it is very different being loyal these years and finally being rewarded then when I watch my teams in college. My college teams though I have a much more rational fandom of since a loss for them ruins one night while the Bills ruins a week 

[BrownNgold]

I was a Josh Allen fan before I was a Bills fan.  Does that count.

[Aesop]

Born in 91. Obviously I dont remember much of the 91, 92, 93, 94 Super Bowls, but I do recall my dad went into a slump after the 94 season. He would still play with us and spend quality time, but the twinkle in his eye disappeared for some time. 

Edited 43 minutes ago by Aesop

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Earliest QB memories I have was of Alex Van Pelt, but the obsession started with Bledsoe.