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 RunKC:
The Bills are pretty clearly the 2nd best team right? They just bent over the Phins and went in dry, and right now I cannot put trust in Lamar or Lawrence over Josh Allen.
It’s KC/SF/Buff in tier 1. Philly prob there too [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I seem to remember a team that went to 4 straight Super Bowls without winning one. Jinxing the hell out of themselves with this type of analysis:
"The 2023 Buffalo Bills are the 6th team since the NFL Merger in 1970 to score 135+ points and allow under 60 points in their first 4 games. The other 5 teams that did all won the Super Bowl that year."
Gotta hang those September Champions banners and hand out OPW awards to go along with “Early MVP Favorite” trophies. [Reply]
BUF right now is the best team in the AFC, statistically. They're scoring 35 pts/gm (ranked 2nd/MIA 37.5pts/gm), only giving up 13.8pts/gm (ranked 2nd NFL, DAL 10.3pts/gm). And they haven't played a CHI type PS team yet.
And they shut MIA's passing attack down. No WR had more than 58 yards, only one WR with more than 4 catches. Only allowed a single TD receiving. BUF allowed just 1 score of any kind in the 2nd half vs. MIA.
Who's their DC now? Frazier might as well stay home next season the way they're playing right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I seem to remember a team that went to 4 straight Super Bowls without winning one. Jinxing the hell out of themselves with this type of analysis:
"The 2023 Buffalo Bills are the 6th team since the NFL Merger in 1970 to score 135+ points and allow under 60 points in their first 4 games. The other 5 teams that did all won the Super Bowl that year."
And the Bills are at 139-55, so with a number like 135 you know there's some weird shit at say >130 and <60, or the other way.
The team that came to mind in terms of point differential was the 14-2 Ravens team... and damn, scored 59 in week 1. After 4 weeks they were 155-80, exactly the same +75 point differential as their metric. And they lost in the divisional round to the Titans. :-)
Ahhh.... the 2021 Bills were 134-44..... so THAT's why they chose 135 and 60. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by :
I’ve been saying this for 3+ years now…this Bills team is a juggernaut and it is only some bad luck and Leslie Frazier’s p**sy calls in the 13-second debacle that has kept us out of a couple of Super Bowls.
Our time is now and the rest of the league is going to pay. Sean is out for blood and he is enjoying the hell out of calling the defense again.
This guy is going to go down very, very hard. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
BUF right now is the best team in the AFC, statistically. They're scoring 35 pts/gm (ranked 2nd/MIA 37.5pts/gm), only giving up 13.8pts/gm (ranked 2nd NFL, DAL 10.3pts/gm). And they haven't played a CHI type PS team yet.
And they shut MIA's passing attack down. No WR had more than 58 yards, only one WR with more than 4 catches. Only allowed a single TD receiving. BUF allowed just 1 score of any kind in the 2nd half vs. MIA.
Who's their DC now? Frazier might as well stay home next season the way they're playing right now.
McDermott is the DC right now. Regular season defense with Frazier was always very strong. It was the Playoffs where they fell apart. The 13 seconds fiasco is McDermott’s fault more than Frazier’s fault. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
McDermott is the DC right now. Regular season defense with Frazier was always very strong. It was the Playoffs where they fell apart. The 13 seconds fiasco is McDermott’s fault more than Frazier’s fault.
Not going to blame McDermott for not pooch kicking it. I don't care what offense you are playing, you should be able to prevent them from getting into FG range with 13 seconds left. That's all on the defense. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
McDermott is the DC right now. Regular season defense with Frazier was always very strong. It was the Playoffs where they fell apart. The 13 seconds fiasco is McDermott’s fault more than Frazier’s fault.
Well, right now MCDermott is killing it defensively. Strangled MIA offense in the 2nd half. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I seem to remember a team that went to 4 straight Super Bowls without winning one. Jinxing the hell out of themselves with this type of analysis:
"The 2023 Buffalo Bills are the 6th team since the NFL Merger in 1970 to score 135+ points and allow under 60 points in their first 4 games. The other 5 teams that did all won the Super Bowl that year."
Yeah the Bills are on an absolute tear right now and no one has noticed. That’s good. I enjoy being the underdog. Allen is playing the best ball of his career too. Being very patient.
