The Bills won; where does the Bills rank in your book in terms of contending for superbowl now?

[hondo in seattle]

I'm heartened by the fact that it's not the case that the best team wins the SB every year.  If the best team always won, we wouldn't have a chance at a Lombardi because our D mostly sucks and our O is inconsistent. 

 

But football is a funny game and anything can happen in a best-of-one series.  Sometimes good teams have bad games.  Sometimes injuries, bad ref calls, weird bounces, and all the other fun possibilities of the game allow the weaker team to win. 

 

We're good enough to be in contention and maybe the Gridiron Gods will favor us with some breaks this year.  

[Aussie Joe]

7 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Yeah, we absolutely are.

 

More, it's hard to know whether that defense will be the one we go into the playoffs with. If Ed Oliver gets back and Shaq Thompson, and our younger guys continue developing, we could easily be a lot better.

 

 

i was under the  impression Oliver is not back until late January …big ask to expect much then after a long layoff…Shaq Thompson is probably an upgrade but he is average at best for the position 

 

[WideNine]

With them playing 2 rookies on the DL, and Bosa banged up only able to use one hand, that line is really suspect right now.

 

I was wondering why no one was sealing the edges only to learn that they were forced to use Sanders (a 3 tech) as a DE in the rotation. Explains why he looked lost attacking blocks and setting the edge...

 

Looks like we are going to have to outscore folks in a boat race for any real chance against the better teams out there.

 

That is assuming we can get past NE.

 

Like the ghost of bad Christmas past seeing that team arise out of the smoking ashes of what was left after the Belichick and Brady era ended.