buffalo2218 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I didn't drink the BS flavored kool aid about it being our year because Mahomes and Burrow weren't in the way. I was very skeptical after watching the games and seeing our soft zone defense give up an entire field 2 Quote
colin Posted January 23 Posted January 23 i think we had a great shot at being the number 1 seed this season, even with all of the injuries. sadly, the exact same pattern of not being prepared and focussed vs easier opponents and entirely overmatched d play calling (even mcd agreed, snatching play calling duties from his DC and then giving them back) put us under. this team beat itself several times this season. the NE game and ATL games stand out horribly (remember the jet sweeps for fumbles?). the road game at miami was a complete laydown, and the houston game had us leaving two tackles where were very clearly not physically capable of playing out on a island vs the best d in the nfl and giving up on the run pre maturely. it also got allen smashed to bits. The philly game was a soup sandwich, but i think given the weather and injured kicker (gosh we have the worst luck) i can accept a close loss to the champs. winning 3 of those game where we were super heavy favorites would have us as the 1 seed or at worst 2 seed in the afc, and a division winner. we were favorites in nearly every game because we are a more talented team than our record indicated this season, our record was what it was because of self defeat, which comes down to caoching. jim johnson was talking about prepping for the bills in the two super bowls. he described the bills as a sloppy team. very talented, but sloppy. didn't take care of the football, didn't adjust well to the situations at hand, lost focus. those cowboys teams were full of criminals and insane people, but when it came to the football field they were held to a high standard and achieved it. i'm sick of the bills being lovable losers and also rans. i've had enough pretend leaders like levy and mcdermott pretending to be the moral north star while simply folding when the chips are down. this woulda been our season with competent coaching and god willing next year will show that. 1 Quote
billsfan714 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 No, after watching the superbowl and seeing the Eagles stop Mahomes and the Chiefs on 7 straight drives it was apparent our defense wasnt in their league. Not even close. Did I have the Eagles and Chiefs falling off so bad, not at all. Didnt see that coming going into the season, especially the Eagles. Defense is the elephant in the room, that most Bills fans ignore, they would rather talk receivers and Joe Brady. You want to help Josh out, get the man a defense that can get a stop when it counts. People can say we tried that, well you keep trying until its fixed. Honestly Im hoping a new scheme will make some difference. 2 Quote
Don Otreply Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Sadly the thirteen second year was our year, but coaching screwed the pooch…, 2 Quote
dorquemada Posted January 23 Posted January 23 McD's defense was never going to win a championship in my mind 5 Quote
nedboy7 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 One call goes our way and we win that game and play this weekend. Quote
Man with No Name Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I didn't think it was our year until maybe the play before Jimbo fumbled. Quote
DapperCam Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I did not think it was our year. I was still disappointed in the loss because Denver is not as good as Jacksonville. Even in hindsight it seems like our ceiling this season was losing by multiple scores in the Super Bowl barring Allen heroics. Quote
<bills4life> Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Not at all. I couldn’t shake McDermott. After 13 seconds, I was terrified that every year after would be the same old heartbreaking experience. 2 Quote
SoonerBillsFan Posted January 23 Posted January 23 No. No real WR help and the Defense was worthless overall as always. We drop games to Crap Atlanta, then Crap Miami and think we are going to win a superbowl? Nope. 1 Quote
MasterStrategist Posted January 23 Posted January 23 We saw a Jekyl amd Hyde team this year... Losing games to teams we had no business doing - while this happened in years past, not quite as many Then we also saw the most resilient team I've seen in a long time, with all the comebacks and even near comebacks (ie Denver) The resiliency had me believing, that Josh playoff performances of past + a mentally tough team could do it. Ultimately, turnovers and a less than avg defensive performance doomed us. 1 Quote
2003Contenders Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I'll be honest, right up until that last penalty flag was thrown against Tre, I thought this was going to be our year. All these firsts that happened this season -- some good (winning a playoff game on the road against Jacksonville) and some bad (Josh turning it over in the playoffs). I honestly thought the overtime curse was going to be lifted too. But it wasn't meant to be. 1 Quote
QCity Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Absolutely not. Even after we started 4-0 the team didn't look like it was going to win a title (and this was pointed out much to the consternation of many). The Philly loss was a bit encouraging, as it was the first time the defense looked great against a contender. We had never won a road playoff game with McD and now we were going to win 3 in a row? GTFO. We were a coin flip to win each game. That's a 1 in 8 chance just to reach the Superbowl. All this "but we have Josh" hype is the talk of homers. You need more than 1 man to win a title, you need a complete team and we were far from that. 1 Quote
HappyDays Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I thought it was our best chance in the Allen era because he was going to clearly be the best QB in every matchup. Ultimately the coaching staff couldn't get it done with that advantage and that's why they're all gone. If this wasn't going to be our year, it never would be. 1 1 1 Quote
Cash Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) No. But once you're in the playoffs, there's a chance. And when you have the best player in the league, that chance is at minimum pretty good in every individual game. So while there was no expectation, there was plenty of hope. EDIT: I think it's fair to say that while I didn't think "this is our year", I never stopped thinking "this could be our year". Relevant: In my main Bills group text, one guy must've sent "this isn't our year" after every loss and probably 3-4 of the wins. Edited January 23 by Cash Quote
somnus00 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Before the season started, I had a funny feeling that this was the year. After week 5 I said, "not happening this year." After the Jags game, my faith was renewed. And now here we are... Quote
Einstein Posted January 23 Posted January 23 To an extend I did. I felt it even stronger in 2021. Quote
astb41 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I legitimately thought it was our year when we got T.O. 2 Quote
Einstein Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Just now, astb41 said: I legitimately thought it was our year when we got T.O. Bro Quote
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