The Bills have lost 2 consecutive games every season under McD. Here is TBD's reaction each time!

[ShakAttack]

Probably one of the most interesting "prompts" I have entered in ChatGPT to date. Here it is. Enjoy (if you have the patience/attention span to read it).

 

The prompt:

I recently heard a statistic that the Buffalo Bills have started the NFL football season with a record of 4-2 in each 5 of the past 6 seasons AND they have lost 2 consecutive games in each of Sean McDermott's seasons as the Bills head coach.

 

The morale of Bills fans always hits a low point after these consecutive losses each year. Please review user posts from the Buffalo Bills message board twobillsdrive.com over the past 6 seasons, and give me a year-by-year summary of the message board's overall "pulse" and opinion of the team after their 2nd consecutive loss in each of these seasons. I would like to know - in particular - the overall outlook of the team's chances following these consecutive losses, if the majority of the fan base seems to doubt the team or still have faith and, in general, how the fan base feels about the Bills chances of making the playoffs, especially with consideration to the fact that the Bills have won their division for 5 consecutive years at this time, despite these obstacles and challenges they always seem to face each season.

Response from ChatGPT:

 

Love this topic. I pulled reactions on Two Bills Drive (the “Stadium Wall” forum) right after each season’s second straight loss (or the closest equivalent if a given year didn’t have a true 2-game skid). Here’s the pulse, year-by-year, and how confident fans sounded about the Bills’ chances—especially the playoffs.

 

2019

Context of the skid: The Bills lost Weeks 16–17 (at NE, then NYJ) after already clinching a wild card.
Forum pulse: Pragmatic and playoff-oriented more than panicked. Threads that week revolve around resting starters and playoff positioning rather than doom, which fits a team that had already punched its ticket. Two Bills Drive
Mood verdict: Measured confidence. Fans were debating reps vs rest, not crisis.

 

2020

Skid: Weeks 5–6 (at Titans, vs Chiefs).
Forum pulse: Plenty of hand-wringing after the Titans blowout (“Allen regressed… defense was horrendous… total disaster tonight”), then schematic/identity debates after the Chiefs loss (possession, run fits, plan vs Mahomes). Still, you can see posters trying to add perspective and push back on overreaction. Two Bills Drive+1
Mood verdict: Shaken but not broken. Anxiety about defense and Allen’s off night, with a vocal minority urging patience.

 

2021

Skid: Weeks 13–14 (wind game vs Patriots, OT loss at Buccaneers).
Forum pulse: Emotions ran hot—frustration aimed at specific players (e.g., Edmunds) and coaching after Tampa, alongside gripes about situational execution. But there’s also an undercurrent of “this can still turn” that grows over the next two weeks as they right the ship. Two Bills Drive
Mood verdict: Critical, bordering on fed up—but still hopeful. The board was heated, yet not writing off the season.

 

2022

Skid: Weeks 9–10 (at Jets, vs Vikings in OT).
Forum pulse: This was the most “gut-punch” vibe—posts range from “we’re cursed” to “unless Josh sorts it we’re not making the postseason,” but you also see fans immediately plant the “we can do it the hard way” flag. It’s classic TBD whiplash: despair and defiance in the same page. Two Bills Drive
Mood verdict: Whiplash: despair + defiant faith. Confidence dipped, but belief didn’t vanish.

 

2023

Note: 2023 didn’t actually feature a clean, two-game regular-season skid (losses were staggered around a win and a bye). The mood low still arrived after the Broncos loss and OT loss to the Eagles left them 6–6, when injuries and OC questions dominated the board. You can find posters insisting “Bills can still win the AFC” mixed with pointed criticism of roster/coaching. Two Bills Drive+1
Mood verdict: Split skepticism. Frustration with execution and staff; a steady contingent still betting on a run.

 

2024

Skid: Early-season two-game wobble (Weeks 4–5).
Forum pulse: Threads show the familiar cycle—“sleepwalking” critiques and scheme angst, but also counter-threads arguing the panic is overblown and citing recent history of bouncing back. By November, the tenor flipped to swagger after statement wins (e.g., KC), and in December the Bills clinched a 5th straight AFC East title, which forum and news posts hammer home. Buffalo Bills+4Two Bills Drive+4Two Bills Drive+4
Mood verdict: Early wobble angst → renewed belief. Panic cooled quickly as results arrived.

 

Big-picture takeaways

Morale trough after skids is real—the post-loss pages reliably tilt negative (scheme, injuries, specific players). You can see this clearly in 2020 (Titans/Chiefs), 2021 (Pats/Bucs), and 2022 (Jets/Vikings). Two Bills Drive+3Two Bills Drive+3Two Bills Drive+3

But the board retains a “bounce-back muscle memory.” Users repeatedly remind each other that the Bills have a habit of surging after the 2-game dip; one thread tallied a remarkable combined record after those skids since 2020. Two Bills Drive+1

Division confidence remains high. By late 2024, sentiment swung from fretting to flexing as the Bills clinched a 5th straight AFC East—framed on the forum and in news as validation that the sky-is-falling weeks were, again, a phase. NFL.com+1

 

Net answer to your “faith vs doubt” question

2019: Calm/secure (already in).

2020: Nervous about D and Allen’s hiccup; faith intact. Two Bills Drive+1

2021: Critical and weary after Pats/Bucs; belief simmering underneath. Two Bills Drive

2022: Emotional low after Vikings OT; split between doom and “we’ll grind back.” Two Bills Drive

2023: No true 2-loss streak; mood still hit a trough at 6–6; divided but alive. Two Bills Drive+1

2024: Early mini-panic, then perspective threads and, ultimately, division-title validation. Two Bills Drive+1

 

If you want, I can pull direct post excerpts around any single game (e.g., 2022 Vikings OT) and chart sentiment (positive/neutral/negative) by page to quantify the swings.

Edited 11 hours ago by ShakAttack
Typo… by me… not Chat GPT

[Nester]

time is a flat circle, thanks goodness for the BYE. 

 

Could be worse, could be Baltimore. 

 

Chin up pals, we got this. 

[Big Blitz]

So it seems to me every year prior to this the consensus was “we’re ok.”

 

Question the AI all we want but I’d agree with that. 

 

I remember after the Dorsey firing thinking “we’re going on a run.”   
 

 

This time it’s different bc the defense is such a disaster and there is nothing at WR - in 2024 we won in the trenches, the turnover battle, and Allen being flawless.  No one will tell you how good our WR group was.  And in 2023 teams still had to worry about Diggs.  
 

Currently the WR group is being exposed.  

[Success]

This helped my mood today.

 

We'll be a different team after the bye w/ some of the guys we're adding & getting back from injury.  Even having Kincaid last night probably = a win.

 

I'm hoping for post-Hail Murray kind of run.

 

[HIT BY SPIKES]

This is ground breaking research.

[MPL]

Can you pull a list of all of my funniest comments, ranked by the number of laughing reactions each comment received? Thanks. 

[ShakAttack]

I find it interesting that the one year we didn’t have “2 consecutive losses” was the year we were sitting at 6-6. That’s pretty incredible.

 

i still think morale was a lot lower that year compared to now, especially considering how difficult the remaining schedule was. 
 

hopefully we do not get to that point again. 

1 minute ago, MPL said:

Can you pull a list of all of my funniest comments, ranked by the number of laughing reactions each comment received? Thanks. 

Probably, but this would be a waste of AI’s capabilities!  

8 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

So it seems to me every year prior to this the consensus was “we’re ok.”

 

Question the AI all we want but I’d agree with that. 

 

I remember after the Dorsey firing thinking “we’re going on a run.”   
 

 

This time it’s different bc the defense is such a disaster and there is nothing at WR - in 2024 we won in the trenches, the turnover battle, and Allen being flawless.  No one will tell you how good our WR group was.  And in 2023 teams still had to worry about Diggs.  
 

Currently the WR group is being exposed.  

 

We usually make a trade around this time every season. We are going to need to do the same thing season. Problem is, this time, we have multiple glaring needs and not a lot of $, so what is the choice? That’s what concerns me about this year vs. previous seasons. It’s the lack of talent.

 

The Coleman pick still bothers the hell out of me. That was an elite WR class, and we come out of it with Keon Coleman!? Draft pick value is overrated, I would have gladly bundled several picks - if needed - and trade up for BTJ.  If we are never in a position to draft an elite prospect, MAKE it happen.  

[MikePJ76]

18 minutes ago, Nester said:

time is a flat circle, thanks goodness for the BYE. 

 

Could be worse, could be Baltimore. 

 

Chin up pals, we got this. 

or as the great Steve Winwood said,

 

For time is a river rolling into nowhere
We must live while we can and we'll drink our cup of laughter

[YoloinOhio]

“Defiant faith” - put it on my tombstone 

[ScotSHO]

I bet a 1 seed would have been real nice one of those years...

[Draconator]

I may go to ChatGPT to see how many alcohol references I've made on TBD. 

[stlbills13]

We'll be just fine over the next 2.5 months. We'll see about January. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

How many times has he beaten the chiefs in the playoffs ? Are we just doing the ones that support silly arguments or are we using patterns to show he’s had enough chances?

[ShakAttack]

2 hours ago, ScotSHO said:

I bet a 1 seed would have been real nice one of those years...

 

Our endless pattern of:

 

- start hot

- win sloppy games for a few weeks until it catches up to us and then 

- lose games (2 in a row at some point every year)

- Finish the season the way we started it

 

is pretty much the reason we have never had the 1 seed.  This team has always had consistency issues, which is a weird thing to say about  team that has won its division 5 years in a row, but the Bills have their own unique issues and we all know this.  
 

I think at this point most of us have already shifted from “let’s get that one seed!” To “boy I hope we can just win the division and/or make the playoffs”

 

My issue is, unless something drastic changes, we are going to be the same old team with the same old issues even if we do make the playoffs.

You can’t have the worst defense in your conference every season entering the playoffs and expect to make a Super Bowl….

 

 

[mjt328]

A couple big differences this season.

 

First, the level of opponent is tragically low.  Last year our skid was against the Ravens (one of the league's best) and Texans (division winner who was still healthy and playing well at the time).  The Patriots and Falcons are nowhere near that level.

 

Second, you need to combine the slide with the rest of our performances this season.  We haven't had one solid 4-quarter game all year long.  The Ravens were steamrolling us for 3 quarters before choking the game away.  The Jets are the worst team in the NFL, barely gave an effort, and we were running out clock by late 2nd quarter.  We almost lost to the Dolphins and Saints, who have been awful all year.  

 

Third, our struggles have not just been a symptom of sloppy/uncharacteristic play (although that has been an element).  For instance, we have been consistently the worst tackling team in football (by far) in pretty much every game this year.  For six weeks.  That isn't something you can just turn around and fix.  

[OZBILLS]

So we're still delusional. Great. Thanks AI

[Albwan]

Could we swap Allen for Mayfield, asking for a friend

[4th&long]

Which season ended with a super bowl win? 

[Ralonzo]

3 hours ago, HIT BY SPIKES said:

This is ground breaking research.

That's not ground

 

[SoCal Deek]

This thread is all a big tease! When I read that AI had reviewed comments on TBD from throughout the McD era, I was REALLY disappointed to not find any references to the fact that SoCal Deek was frighteningly consistent in my calls to “fire the coach”. AI gets a big fat F on the term paper! 😉