Is watching the Bills fun for you these days?

[Buffalo716]

Just now, The Jokeman said:

I used to get angry for days on end but that's was my teen age years. Sure I'm angry post game but by tomorrow it'll just be another game. 

Absolutely I'm slightly whiskey angry right now 

 

But I will be over tomorrow and look at the big picture 

 

This team is a mess all over but that only means one thing.. it's going to tighten up 

 

They are professionals who have one job keep playing.. 4 and 12 teams beat good teams at the end of the year cuz they're playing for jobs 

 

This team is still playing for the playoffs if they have any heart they're not going to lay down and play dead

[Pasaluki]

it can be fun depending on the result to be honest. Obviously tonight was terrible, last week it was awesome.

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, <bills4life> said:

The bolded is exactly right.  I never said they had to win it. They can’t even get there with a Josh Allen as your qb. That’s a real problem.  His stats in the playoffs are the best in history and it still isn’t enough. That’s a real problem. They have accomplished nothing. To insinuate that we are spoiled is absurd. Gut wrenching losses in the playoffs year in and out. I never said trade him, but make no mistake they are wasting him. Tragic really. 

John elway didn't win his Super bowls till he was 37 and 38 

 

Josh still is hitting the prime of his career as a professional quarterback 

 

He has so much to grow with his reading defensibility and quick release.. he's not even at his peak 

 

I always said Josh at 30 is going to throw 50 touchdowns 

 

Let's see if we surround him next year and let him cook.. right now it's going to be a grind 

 

Thankfully we could score semi easily on the Chiefs and we're not seeing Houston's defense anytime soon with two stud corners and a crazy pass rush 

 

Even in the playoffs we're probably not getting that

Edited 46 minutes ago by Buffalo716

[Gunsgoodtime]

It will always have some level of fun involved with watching a Bills game to me. But after many years it does get draining.  After going through the early 90s, everything in between, to this just feels really sad to me.  The Josh Allen story will be a tough one to talk about and look back on if they can't win a SB.  They can't even get to one with the current gm, head coach.  Change is desperately needed, but hope of that happening is low

[The Jokeman]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

Absolutely I'm slightly whiskey angry right now 

 

But I will be over tomorrow and look at the big picture 

 

This team is a mess all over but that only means one thing.. it's going to tighten up 

 

They are professionals who have one job keep playing.. 4 and 12 teams beat good teams at the end of the year cuz they're playing for jobs 

 

This team is still playing for the playoffs if they have any heart they're not going to lay down and play dead

If they had no heart they would have played dead in late 3rd quarter when so many "fans" said to just give up.

[Lionel Hutz]

5 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

My father's been watching since 1960 and he doesn't complain 

 

The bills losing the AFC championship and he says oh well good year we'll get them next year 

 

He was a college football coach.. I don't get that down because I never saw my father get that down

 

Football players and coaches usually have a high resiliency

This is why Buffalo will never be taken seriously as a sports town. Most of the fans accept losing and mediocrity. 

 

If this were NYC, Boston, LA, Philly, SF, etc. McD and Beane would have been run out of town years ago.
 

 

[T.E.]

5 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

This team is still playing for the playoffs if they have any heart they're not going to lay down and play dead

They don't have a lot of heart, though. Haven't you noticed how, in virtually every game this year, the other team clearly wants it more?

Edited 42 minutes ago by T.E.

[Buffalo716]

Just now, The Jokeman said:

If they had no heart they would have played dead in late 3rd quarter when so many "fans" said to just give up.

 

This off season is massive cuz yes now I am 100% certain it has to be pro Josh Allen 

 

No more signing defensive rotational players... Get Josh some speed and route running ability 

 

But Just like the Giants back in the day I don't think this season is over with... I always said the first Super bowl for the Buffalo Bills franchise will probably be as crazily spectacular as their history 

 

If that means running it from the wild card I can believe it

 

[DapperCam]

I think it feels less enjoyable recently for a few reasons:

- The talent on the roster seems middling and getting worse. We have a lot of decently sized contracts going to pretty mediocre talents. For this reason, it feels like we're on a bit of a downswing at the moment. It should have really happened last season, but somehow we were one drive away from the SB instead.
- Play calling has been bad since Dorsey took over. Even Daboll had his warts. I watch other teams and QBs have some fairly easy completions pretty much every drive. Whether it's a rub route where the guy is wide open, or a WR sits in a zone for a comfortable 15 yard pass. Every play in our offense feels like a struggle, even in the games we play well.

- Situational coaching in crunch time is just bad, and probably won't ever get better.

So the realization kind of dawns on you, that for the Bills to win a Super Bowl they need a heaping dose of luck and for Allen to go supernova for 4 games. It's possible, but not very likely.

[Dan Darragh]

59 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

Any tips? What do you all do to disengage and try to actually enjoy this?

Switch to the Sabres.  No anxiety about maybe winning.

[Avisan]

2 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

This is why Buffalo will never be taken seriously as a sports town. Most of the fans accept losing and mediocrity. 

 

If this were NYC, Boston, LA, Philly, SF, etc. McD and Beane would have been run out of town years ago.
 

 

Kyle Shanahan has a 77-67 record as HC of the 49ers, he is now in his 9th season as HC of the team.

[Buffalo716]

7 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

This is why Buffalo will never be taken seriously as a sports town. Most of the fans accept losing and mediocrity. 

 

If this were NYC, Boston, LA, Philly, SF, etc. McD and Beane would have been run out of town years ago.
 

 

Philadelphia has won two Super bowls in 60 years lol they ran plenty of people out of town for 60 years and it didn't do nothing 

 

They ran Andy Reid out of town.. they threw batteries at Santa Claus 

 

The Jets haven't developed a quarterback since Joe Namath! 

 

I don't think they were doing it better historically... Los Angeles has never won a Super bowl as the Rams either

 

And Kyle shanahan has been in San Francisco for 9 years and not won a Super bowl and he's not getting any closer

Edited 38 minutes ago by Buffalo716

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

I'm trying to lower my expectations, remember I don't control any of this, and just watch to see how it turns out. 

[<bills4life>]

6 minutes ago, Preds said:

Aside from enjoying Josh when he's being Josh and Cook when he's being Cook, there has not been much to enjoy with this team since 13 seconds when McDummy should have been fired.  Every day since that point is just another day of Josh's career being wasted by a vastly overrated front office and coaching staff. 

But but but who would replace them?  Josh makes people look way better than what they are. Middling coaches and gms would be every bit as successful. People are scared of change. But you know what doesn’t change?  Gut wrenching playoff losses. News flash. This isn’t changing any time soon. This organization needs a reset from top to bottom. 

[Preds]

Just now, &lt;bills4life&gt; said:

But but but who would replace them?  Josh makes people look way better than what they are. Middling coaches and gms would be every bit as successful. People are scared of change. But you know what doesn’t change?  Gut wrenching playoff losses. News flash. This isn’t changing any time soon. This organization needs a reset from top to bottom. 

I'd argue they'd be more successful than the stale staff we have.

[gobills404]

I’ve officially reached the point where I’m more interested in the offseason than the rest of this current season 

[The Jokeman]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

This off season is massive cuz yes now I am 100% certain it has to be pro Josh Allen 

 

No more signing defensive rotational players... Get Josh some speed and route running ability 

 

But Just like the Giants back in the day I don't think this season is over with... I always said the first Super bowl for the Buffalo Bills franchise will probably be as crazily spectacular as their history 

 

If that means running it from the wild card I can believe it

 

It depends on how bad these injuries are but yeah I'm not giving up on this season cuz as bad as the offense was that game was winnable at the end. A testament to our coaches and backups and  even as bad he was to Josh.

[QLBillsFan]

I worked late in LA and drove home to watch the second half. First half I listened on the radio. My wife was invited to dinner and a Christmas kick off retail event in our town in Clovis, CA. We decided to not travel to away games this year. $$$ spent and frustration to watch a team that I know wants to win. But not more than we as Bills fans want to. So we are still huge fans and always will be .. but we are just exasperated from the experiences of close but no go each year. Until they change out McB we need to place the Bills where they belong. Entertaining but not as invested. As I sit here pissed off after another lost year🤷🏻‍♂️..wish we felt different! 

Edited 29 minutes ago by QLBillsFan

[<bills4life>]

1 minute ago, Preds said:

I'd argue they'd be more successful than the stale staff we have.

And you would be correct.  I was being nice 😂 

[QLBillsFan]

3 minutes ago, Bob Chandler&#x27;s Hands said:

I'm trying to lower my expectations, remember I don't control any of this, and just watch to see how it turns out. 

Yes I tried to articulate that about how my wife and I feel the same. Game is early for us in CA and we did other things during the first half. I can’t prioritize something I can’t control 🤷🏻‍♂️