Lose on purpose?

[Scott7975]

Did someone spike your drink? Were you exposed to too much lead paint maybe? I can't make any sense of why someone would even think of something like this.

[Neo]

As a franchise, i think we should lose our first four Super Bowls.   That makes winning our fifth a near certainty.  

[BurpleBull]

On 9/27/2025 at 10:20 PM, 4merper4mer said:

I’m not talking about losing the game and no opponent should be taken for granted but….

 

If the game is in hand and there haven’t been any turnovers, should the Bills lose a fumble on purpose to end their streak of games not losing the turnover battle?  To me, yes.  Why:

 

1 reason against is it would be nice to keep the streak.

 

2 reasons for include both proving we can win games even when we have more turnovers and also every week we don’t lose the turnover battle increases the odds that the following week we will.  It would be far better to have that happen now than against a team like KC.

Yeah, only buy from trusted dealers.

[strive_for_five_guy]

On 9/28/2025 at 11:19 AM, 4merper4mer said:

OMG.  Turnovers impact a game.  Fans attire?  Seriously.

So you still don’t think fans’ attire impacts a game?  Apparently the Bills think otherwise…

 

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bring-the-storm-buffalo-bills-announce-white-out-plan-at-highmark-stadium-for-snf-vs-patriots?fbclid=IwY2xjawNIvJVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEM1dsdWNYRjZ6REV2SkFXAR4lCm7dPuaXI5S7jF3RpImTVR4zOOqYkp1doVsIsWtSWsrdFaeXwKf9sOnF1g_aem_yDGM6vT3tKQTMww-SirTiw

[4merper4mer]

None of the geniuses in this thread came back to apologize?  
 

We were even with the Saints in the turnover battle which left us still due to lose one.  We did.  And we lost the turnover battle and game to a divisional rival the very next week.  We’d be 5-0 if we hadn’t lost the turnover battle with the Pats wouldn’t we?

[RobbRiddick]

7 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

None of the geniuses in this thread came back to apologize?  
 

We were even with the Saints in the turnover battle which left us still due to lose one.  We did.  And we lost the turnover battle and game to a divisional rival the very next week.  We’d be 5-0 if we hadn’t lost the turnover battle with the Pats wouldn’t we?

You're a genius. I think another 3 losses and some serious injuries to key players and that Lombardi trophy is pretty much ours

[4merper4mer]

3 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

You're a genius. I think another 3 losses and some serious injuries to key players and that Lombardi trophy is pretty much ours

What?

[zow2]

I must've missed this thread first time around.  But to think any pro football players would make a bad play on purpose to end a streak is silly.  

 

The home winning streak, the streak of not losing the turnover battle, the SNF or prime time winning streak... all came to an end vs New England.  There's no guarantee they will start new streaks in the positive direction.  Maybe they lose the turnover ratio for 5 of the next 6 games.  You just never know how sports goes? That's why we all love the NFL... it's unpredictable week to week.

[BillytheKid]

1 hour ago, 4merper4mer said:

None of the geniuses in this thread came back to apologize?  
 

We were even with the Saints in the turnover battle which left us still due to lose one.  We did.  And we lost the turnover battle and game to a divisional rival the very next week.  We’d be 5-0 if we hadn’t lost the turnover battle with the Pats wouldn’t we?

Apologize for What exactly? 
 

So because we didn’t purposely lose the turnover battle to the Saints it caused us to lose it to the Pats? 
 

So now it’s all of the message boards fault for not agreeing that we need to just give the ball away on purpose for the fun of it? 
 

Let me explain something a little genius here:

 

Whether we purposely lost the turnover battle to the Saints or not wouldn’t have any outcome on if we lost the turnover battle to the Patriots.
 

We would have just given the Saints the ball on purpose, because according to you it is a “genius” idea. 
 

Those same plays in the Pats game would have still happened just like they did. 
 

So again What is anyone supposed to apologize for? 
 

 

 

[4merper4mer]

1 hour ago, BillytheKid said:

 

 

Whether we purposely lost the turnover battle to the Saints or not wouldn’t have any outcome on if we lost the turnover battle to the Patriots.
 

 

 

This is what many people were saying.  Then the opposite happened.

[Evansfan322]

This did not disappoint 

[Urban Achievers]

[Fan in Chicago]

3 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

None of the geniuses in this thread came back to apologize?  
 

We were even with the Saints in the turnover battle which left us still due to lose one.  We did.  And we lost the turnover battle and game to a divisional rival the very next week.  We’d be 5-0 if we hadn’t lost the turnover battle with the Pats wouldn’t we?

You are priceless. And I mean it in the most complimentary of ways. Though 90% of the posters in this thread won't understand why.

[JP51]

 

I am assuming you are being sarcastic... but this was just too good to pass up. 

Edited 3 hours ago by JP51

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Humanity is doomed. 

[Saint Doug]

Cranyonz making a comeback. Shades of losing NFC games on purpose to gain a playoff advantage.