Division is out at this point…have to do it as a wildcard

[Buffalo Ballin]

WHAT

 

Always do our best to make the playoffs. Always. Gotta get reps and experience. Those 2 things are always a positive. Never a negative.

[BillsFanForever19]

42 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

And common thread in those losses? Allen had looked below average in all of them and yet if he plays average we might win at least two of them.

 

You're not going to look perfect when your pass blocking gives up EIGHT sacks on your QB and he's under pressure and hit even more than that. Without taking into account multiple times when he stayed down on the ground. And when your weapons aren't getting open and you have to force throws, playing from behind - as has been the case practically all season.

 

I said it all offseason, even before we saw how poor our pass catching unit would be, that expecting him to be the perfect MVP player he was last year every single season isn't fair to him. We're now at a point where anything less than perfect is "below average". And that also isn't fair to him.

 

37 minutes ago, turbo044 said:

why should we even watch then? why re you posting at 1am instead of sleeping. We're all frustrated, but, unlike with the abortion called the Sabres, there's always hope with the Bills 

 

I can't tell you why you should or shouldn't watch the Bills this season. That's up to the person. Personally, i'll always cheer them on every weekend and hope we win. But you have to have literal blind optimism and a ridiculous level of homerism to ignore all the many issues with this team beyond the build of the roster to honestly think we have a shot to win a Super Bowl with this team.

Edited 5 hours ago by BillsFanForever19

[BullBuchanan]

What does it matter? This team is in no way a championship contender, and that's the only point of going to the playoffs. It might be better if they don't make it.

Missing the playoffs entirely could force staff and player changes, refocus some of our veteran players, and create a fire for next season. A week 1 or 2 exit in the playoffs will result in the same thing we've seen the last 7 years.

[LEBills]

I think this team is too flawed to do it, but if there was a year make a run as a wildcard, this is the year.  Broncos, Patriots, Colts, and Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2018 or earlier. Experience does matter in the playoffs. Bills, Ravens or Chiefs could find a way to beat inexperienced teams with young or mediocre quarterbacks. 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Nah.

 

Always make the playoffs regardless of the coaching crew and players. We have what we have. 

 

Do some of y'all realize how difficult it is to get into the playoffs?

 

Before Josh Allen, we were in a 18 year playoff drought. 18 years. We don't want to miss the playoffs unless Josh Allen is out.

[GolfandBills]

49 minutes ago, US Egg said:

If Wildcard is what it takes to be in the playoffs, that fine by me.

I’d rather them not get in.  This team has zero chance to win the Super Bowl 

[Buffalo Ballin]

So what?

 

Just get in the playoffs, brahs. If y'all don't want us to be in the playoffs, might as well stop supporting the team.  And don't bother watching the playoffs when we land into Wildcard Weekend.

 

First, some of y'all wanted to bench Josh Allen.

Now, y'all don't want to make playoffs.

 

What happened here? The Loser Mentality is creeping in.

[GolfandBills]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

So what?

 

Just get in the playoffs, brahs. If y'all don't want us to be in the playoffs, might as well stop supporting the team.  And don't bother watching the playoffs when we land into Wildcard Weekend.

 

First, some of y'all wanted to bench Josh Allen.

Now, y'all don't want to make playoffs.

 

What happened here? The Loser Mentality is creeping in.

No loser mentality at all.  They just aren’t good.  I think they’ll be one and done if they get in.  Just my opinion 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Yet good enough to make playoffs.

 

This is the Super Bowl or Bust crowd, yeah?

 

After the 3rd week, y'all should have known that we're not Super Bowl worthy. Again, that doesn't matter though. Just make playoffs anyway.

[steven50]

2 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Well, silver lining is if we clinch a WC spot early but can’t win the division, maybe we rest guys so that we aren’t the 5 seed lined up to play the Ravens.  Would rather play one of the other division winners in Round 1, and then if we won as the 6 or 7 seed, we’d likely then play whomever the 1 seed is.

Ravens aren't even in playoff spot now. They are in the 10th spot behind the chiefs

Edited 4 hours ago by steven50

[Buffalo ill]

Even if we were lucky enough to move on from McBean, the large  contracts given to average/injury prone players have set the franchise behind for years.  

[Herb]

Twas a playoff preview again. More physical teams will more often than not beat us. McDermott has taken us as far as he can.

Edited 4 hours ago by Herb

[Trogdor]

1 hour ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Yet good enough to make playoffs.

 

This is the Super Bowl or Bust crowd, yeah?

 

After the 3rd week, y'all should have known that we're not Super Bowl worthy. Again, that doesn't matter though. Just make playoffs anyway.

The goal should be Super Bowl or bust, this isn't some kids league. What does making the playoffs do other than move the draft pick higher? Sounds like drought ptsd more than anything. 

[Buffalo716]

4 minutes ago, Trogdor said:

The goal should be Super Bowl or bust, this isn't some kids league. What does making the playoffs do other than move the draft pick higher? Sounds like drought ptsd more than anything. 

That's ridiculous because 14 teams make the playoffs and they all have a chance 

 

The Giants went to the Super bowl twice and won from the 6th seed 

 

Every team has a chance unless you have a tragic quarterback come playoffs... But even then Mark rypin won a Superbowl.. so did Nick foles 

 

It's about who gets hot at the right time

[Pete]

Weeks before Miami game- I said if we add a stud WR, we win the Super Bowl.  If we don’t add, we will be lucky to make the playoffs, or we limp in.

Pittsburgh- Cincy- NE- that could be 3 losses.  
 

At this point, Buffalo is too flawed on both sides of the ball. If we miss playoffs, I don’t think that’s the worst thing.

 

Changes need to be made.  Failures bring changes.

 

 

[Trogdor]

1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

That's ridiculous because 14 teams make the playoffs and they all have a chance 

 

The Giants went to the Super bowl twice and won from the 6th seed 

 

Every team has a chance unless you have a tragic quarterback come playoffs... But even then Mark rypin won a Superbowl.. so did Nick foles 

 

It's about who gets hot at the right time

The Giants went as a 6th seed having already taken the undefeated Pats down to the wire. They also had an extremely dangerous pass rush. Do you think this defense is holding anyone to 14 or 17 points in the playoffs? I don't think every team has a chance. You have to be dangerous in at least one aspect and the Bills aren't and probably haven't been since 2020. 

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, Trogdor said:

The Giants went as a 6th seed having already taken the undefeated Pats down to the wire. They also had an extremely dangerous pass rush. Do you think this defense is holding anyone to 14 or 17 points in the playoffs? I don't think every team has a chance. You have to be dangerous in at least one aspect and the Bills aren't and probably haven't been since 2020. 

The fact you say we haven't since 2020 completely make your opinion not even worth reading 

 

Seeing as we literally played the AFC champions to a field goal game last year severely handicapped 

 

And we played them to another field goal game severely handicapped 

 

It would actually show we are not as far off as what you're thinking... When have the bills had all pros consistently like the Ravens and severely blown everything? 

 

Everybody here says up and down Andy reads the best coach in the NFL and spagnola is the best defensive coordinator... And they have more talent than us 

 

But we're barely losing while being more injured? 

 

That kind of makes Sean McDermott look good that he beats them five straight times in the regular season and barely loses in the postseason while being more dinged up and supposedly well out coached... You would expect that to be a 35 to 17 loss 

 

The bills have been field goals away

 

 

[GolfandBills]

Who cares at this point.  This isn’t doing anything IF they make the playoffs 

[SydneyBillsFan]

If you accept the reality that we are the great pretenders, it will be much easier for you to deal with the end of season result.

 

I am genuinely hoping we miss the playoffs. It's the only hope that things might change for the better. Because the Beane-McDermott-Brady-Babich quartet will not take us to the promised land.

 

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Edited 2 hours ago by SydneyBillsFan

[P Riv]

2 hours ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

If you accept the reality that we are the great pretenders, it will be much easier for you to deal with the end of season result.

 

I am genuinely hoping we miss the playoffs. It's the only hope that things might change for the better. Because the Beane-McDermott-Brady-Babich quartet will not take us to the promised land.

 

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 I'm slowly warming up to this.... but who would they bring in that is an improvement?  I don't like change for the sake of change, they have to upgrade.

Edited 41 minutes ago by P Riv