The mighty Bills from Buffalo will take the AFC this year.
For two decades I watched people say the Patriots window was closed, that their time was dwindling, that it was all over… seemingly every time those predictions happened, the Patriots went and won another Super Bowl.
A lot of doom talk simply because we lost to the Bengals in the playoffs. Let us not forget that the Bills watched their brother DIE on the field just a few weeks prior. Their heart was simply not in it. If it had been, the Bills would have captured the AFC last year.
The Bills have won 2 of their last 3 in Arrowhead and they’re ready to make it 3 of the last 4.
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Thr SB is in February. :-)
Mister Divisional has a ring to it, even if they've only won one.
Holy fuckknuckles. For some reason I've had it in my head that Allen and the Bills have been to two AFC Championship games. But they've only been to one. And it was when we absolutely dominated them. LOLOLOLOLOL LOLOL [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
23 ppg with a 5-2 record. Zero fourth quarter TD drives in the post season. Only 9 TDs in 7 games. So what seems most likely? He’s played well enough or just been incredibly lucky?
Tom Brady had similar support in the post season. [Reply]
Newton actually had an MVP and Superbowl berth so I may have over sold Josh in the comparison? Either way he continues to take hits like Monday for no reason and his career is toast. Imagine using him playing dumb and getting a concussion from it and trying to use it as an excuse for his poor play....the fuck? [Reply]
I would also say odds are he played with a concussion which means he's at greater risk to get ANOTHER one. He may even go full Tua this year....wow [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Holy fuckknuckles. For some reason I've had it in my head that Allen and the Bills have been to two AFC Championship games. But they've only been to one. And it was when we absolutely dominated them. LOLOLOLOLOL LOLOL
Yeah, it's kind of nuts when you look back on it.
Lost to the Texans in what had to be one of the worst playoff games ever.
Barely beat the Colts in another bad game (more entertaining, at least) that no one wanted to win.
Beat the Ravens... currently their crowning achievement?
Ran up the score on a bad Patriots team.
Fortunate to beat the Dolphins, playing a 3rd string QB in one of the worst coached, unprepared games I've seen (from the Dolphins).
Of course, Allen played well in :13.
....that's it. For all the hype and bullshit, their playoff resume could be accomplished by Alex Smith.
Hell, it's the ultimate pre-Mahomes playoff experience. Beat the shitty playoff teams and maybe throw in a surprise but heartbreakingly close defeat.
Running backs have really short careers. Why would a team that believes they have a superstar QB want him running the ball? I think about the best QBs ever to play the game and are there any of them that had any kind of reputation for running the ball, much less for taking lots of hits downfield? Allen might have it in him to be a great QB for many years, but every time he takes a hit he is making himself worse in the long run. It's funny, but everyone loved Allen's size and his ability to run the ball. Those two things now appear to be severely limiting his potential to be a great QB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RedinTexas:
Running backs have really short careers. Why would a team that believes they have a superstar QB want him running the ball? I think about the best QBs ever to play the game and are there any of them that had any kind of reputation for running the ball, much less for taking lots of hits downfield? Allen might have it in him to be a great QB for many years, but every time he takes a hit he is making himself worse in the long run. It's funny, but everyone loved Allen's size and his ability to run the ball. Those two things now appear to be severely limiting his potential to be a great QB.
The careers/windows are much shorter and the declines happen QUICKLY. Careers of QBs that take hits like Allen are very short. Doesn't matter how "big" or "tough" you are. The defense is bigger and tougher. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Yeah, it's kind of nuts when you look back on it.
Lost to the Texans in what had to be one of the worst playoff games ever.
Barely beat the Colts in another bad game (more entertaining, at least) that no one wanted to win.
Beat the Ravens... currently their crowning achievement?
Ran up the score on a bad Patriots team.
Fortunate to beat the Dolphins, playing a 3rd string QB in one of the worst coached, unprepared games I've seen (from the Dolphins).
Of course, Allen played well in :13.
....that's it. For all the hype and bullshit, their playoff resume could be accomplished by Alex Smith.
Hell, it's the ultimate pre-Mahomes playoff experience. Beat the shitty playoff teams and maybe throw in a surprise but heartbreakingly close defeat.
The bar is set low in Buffalo.
Jesus Christ. I'd say for Bills fans it was probably cathartic to destroy the Patriots like that but for having Allen as long as they have a 4-4 record with no wins against an actual contender is mind blowing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
To this point Burrow is a regular season stat padding QB. Every post season his numbers are substantially worst compared to his regular season numbers.
He's consistently good, doesn't shit the bed and hasn't had to have one of those shootout games because the entire team has played well in the playoffs the last 2 years. He's certainly capable though.
A 93.8 rating in the p/o is not substantially worse than a career 100 rating. And that 93.8 includes the AFCCG last year, his worst game in the playoffs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Snatch:
Jesus Christ. I'd say for Bills fans it was probably cathartic to destroy the Patriots like that but for having Allen as long as they have a 4-4 record with no wins against an actual contender is mind blowing.
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Yeah, imagine if a Titans fan showed up here or on a Bengals forum talking about taking the AFC this season and how successful they've been against SB contenders (I mean, we have Jeff Fisher, but he's obviously satire).
That's really what we're talking about here.
The Bills can have the better roster, QB, paper championships, September and October trophies... but it's easy to see here who the real contenders have been in the AFC.
Here are the (at most) most recent 3 year playoff stretches...
The big differences with the comparison is the Bengals have accomplished more in just 2 playoff seasons than the Bills have in 3, and even if it was the past 4 seasons for the Titans and Bills (not skipping the Titans' non-playoff year), you're just adding in that awful, awful playoff loss for the Bills 4 years ago, which then puts them at 4-4.
7-2, 1 SB win, 2 SB appearances, 2 AFCCG wins, 3 AFCCG appearances, 3-1 against the other 3.
5-2, 1 SB appearance, 1 AFCCG win, 2 AFCCG appearances, 3-1 against the other 3
