The Bills Are Still The Bills
The Bills fall into obscurity is likely beginning once again. There is still time to turn it around of course, but let’s be real here. We know they won’t. The Bills starting stronger than expected and fading into mediocrity is as constant as the Patriots being good, the Browns being bad, the Steelers sucking against bad teams on the road, and Eli Manning making a dumb face. These aren’t so much trends as facts until proven otherwise.
Is it just me who seems to have seen this happen with the Bills a lot over the past 20ish seasons, since the Music City Miracle? It feels like the Bills have a weird habit of entering the season with low expectations, win a few games people didn’t expect them to win, get a bit of a bandwagon momentum going, then come back to earth and draft somewhere in the early teens or high single digits. They went 4-2 last year to start, with 4 wins in a row. Ended 7-9. They were 5-4 in 2015, potential outside playoffs candidate. 8-8. 5-3 before that, 9-7 to finish, possibly the best season they’ve had in a long time.
They sucked in ’13.
They were 3-3 in ’12 but then finished 6-10.
They started 5-2 in ’11 (Including a win over SB bound NE), but finished 6-10.
They didn’t win a game until week 10 in ’10
They sucked in ’09
They started 5-1 in ’08, only to finish 7-9.
In ’07, they fought back from 0-3 to go 7-6 and threaten the playoffs, then finished 7-9.
They just sorta went off and on in ’06, ended 7-9
They sucked in ’05
They actually started bad (1-5) in ’04 only to finish strong at 9-7, but missed the playoffs
Started evenly in ’03, faded to 6-10
They started 5-3 in ’02 and then 8-8
Straight trash in ’01, 3-13, their worst finish on this list.
Went 7-4 in ’00, finished 8-8
Music City Miracle in ’99.
A lot of 5-7 win seasons. A couple 9 win seasons, a couple 8 win seasons. The Bills have been a consistent level of mediocrity for the entire millennium. I’ve seen nothing this season that indicates this season is any different. They beat the Jets, who are also mediocre. They beat the Broncos, which was a surprise at the time but looks significantly less impressive now. They beat the Falcons, who have taken a big step back from ’16. They beat a trash Bucs team and a mediocre Raiders team. They’ve also lost to the Panthers (who might be good), the Bengals (mediocre), the Jets (mediocre), and the Saints (A good team). No real statement wins in there.
The back half of the schedule looks similar. Pats twice (probable losses). Chargers (Could go either way). Chiefs (Probable loss). Colts (Probable win), and Dolphins twice (I’m going to assume a split). I think the Bills are right on track for a 7 to 9 win season and a playoff miss.
Never trust the Bills until they are 100% locked into the playoffs.
Discussion (27) ¬
Wouldn’t worry, they’ve got Miami to land on to cushion the fall.
Eh, they’ll split that series.
If someone sweeps that series, they get the #6 seed and blown out by Pittsburgh. Otherwise, they’re replaced by loser of Tennessee/Jacksonville (last time both were good = last time Bills were in the playoffs).
Weird subplot: can the Steelers actually play well if they are playing a bad team? The AFC 6 seed will probably be 7-9. That’s like kryptonite to the Steelers.
wouldnt it be irony if the Bills somehow made the playoffs and then had to play the Titans..
And as always, after a few weeks of thinking “Oh, might the regular season be actually interesting this time?” your regular Pats fan can turn around, set his alarm clock for the playoffs and go back to sleep.
Needs more Zubaz.
I very much feel this way as a Rams fan. We have some tough games coming up and I just know it’s about to go to hell.
Yup Dave, you are correct about the Bills this millenium. Something seems different about Coach McDermott though than the previous coaches though, he and Brandon Beane are just rookies at HC and GM. And I guess I’ll stick with this forum name now lol
What do you think the Giants are going to do with Eli after this season?
sorry, too soon? It’s been a rough week
It became a media fetish when they’re not obsessing over their new fap doll named Lonzo Ball.
I remember when Ron Borges practically went orgasmic when Bledsoe led the Bills to a good start in 2002, then you know what happens after that. Come to think of it, I don’t think Borges ever gotten over Bledsoe getting traded…
https://www.google.com/search?q=razorcakes
Also, love the reference to breaking tables
Best description about my feelings right now, 🙁
BTW i drank all the way the kool aid three weeks ago 🙁
Now the hangover is bitter
Razors were buried a little deeper in the cake this year.
and 4 Super Bowl losses.
Do it for Dale
Thy lucky hats shall avail thee not! For I have cursed thee! Until every Bills fan sends Doug Flutie an apology cake, my wrath shall not abate.
As a Bills fan, this comic is scarily accurate. Beating Oakland to go to 5-2? On top of the world. Losing to the Jets and Saints? Bottom of a pit.
Annnnnd now they are throwing in a 5th round rookie *slugs a drink*
woot woot 5 picks in one half. We may have to stick with Tyrod now
So umm, how come Reality wasn’t wearing black and gold?
I genuinely believe that the Bills can’t recover until they move or they rebrand themselves, like the Browns I just think their perennial failure mixed with their exceedingly tragic lowlights. How do you recover from going to 4 straight super bowls and failing every time?
I don’t think you can. Not still as the team you were when you did it.
Plus they now benched Tygod.
Should’ve done it on Thursday dave… Great timing though.